Steel fabrication is a complex process, which encompasses product uniqueness, a high product mix, and a number of activities involving a variety of equipment and labor disciplines. The steel fabrication industry needs advanced tools and techniques in order to estimate, plan, and control fabrication shops. This paper proposes a system for building virtual fabrication shop models capable of estim...

This paper draws together some important lessons from a compartment fire test conducted by BRE in the full-scale eight storey steel building at Cardington. The experiment is briefly described, and the main structural observations are highlighted. A numerical structural model of the fire compartment, using the nonlinear analysis program ADAPTIC, is then discussed. The numerical analysis employs ...

microalloyed s355n steel plates are extensively used in bridge and high-rise building structures. one ofthe factors affecting the mechanical properties is the size and morphology of inclusions. in this research,microalloyed s355n steel plates with different sizes of inclusions were examined. one contained longmanganese sulfide inclusions (li material) and the other had short ones (si material)....