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282 Barry’s Advanced Construction of Buildings<br />

424.1 mm<br />

395.0 mm<br />

Same profile<br />

for both<br />

sections<br />

18.5 mm<br />

47.6 mm<br />

381.0 mm<br />

474.7 mm<br />

Figure 5.4 Universal columns.<br />

The halves of cut<br />

beam are welded<br />

together to form<br />

castella beam<br />

1.08 D<br />

Void<br />

1 /4 D<br />

1.5D<br />

Weld<br />

0.83 D<br />

1 /2 D<br />

D<br />

60 ° Web of standard<br />

beam is cut along<br />

castellated line<br />

Figure 5.5 Castella beam.<br />

Castella beam<br />

An open web beam can be fabricated by cutting the web of a standard section mild steel<br />

beam along a castellated line illustrated in Figure 5.5. The two cut sections of the beam are<br />

then welded together to form an open web, castellated beam, which is one and a half times<br />

the depth of the beam from which it was formed. Because of the increase in depth, the<br />

castella beam will suffer less deflection (bending) under light loads. The castella beam is

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