Cambria Steel: A Handbook of Information Relating to Structural Steel is a practical reference for engineers, architects, builders, and mechanics, full of essential data for structural work.
This edition updates tables, rules, and formulas to reflect current practice and a wider range of products.
The book gathers weights, dimensions, and properties for steel sections, plates, and sheets, along with safe-load and deflection guidance, and handy conversions. It also includes notes on roof trusses, fireproof floors, reinforced concrete slabs, and various component parts used in steel construction. You’ll find diagrams, standards, and calculations that support design and erection tasks.
- Extensive tables for I-beams, channels, angles, bulb angles, T-bars, and hatch sections
- Safe-load explanations and calculation methods for beams, girders, and columns
- Formulas and data for weights, dimensions, and properties of plates, rails, rivets, bolts, and other steel parts
- Guidance on roof trusses, floor plates, and ship sections used in construction
Ideal for readers who need a reliable, ready-to-use compilation of structural-steel information in one reference.