What is steel structure?

Knowledge 2019-11-12

Steel structure is an engineering structure composed of processed, connected, and installed steel plates, round steel, steel pipes, steel cables, and various types of steel. Steel structures need to withstand various possible natural and man-made environmental effects, and are engineering structures and constructions with sufficient reliability and good socio-economic benefits.

Due to the fact that steel can be recycled, smelted, and reused, steel structures are energy-saving, environmentally friendly, and recyclable building structures that meet the requirements of sustainable and healthy economic development.

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The use of steel structures

Steel structures are widely used in high-rise buildings, large factories, large-span spatial structures, light steel structures, and residential buildings.

In highway and railway bridges, thermal power plant buildings and boiler steel frames, transmission and transformation towers, radio and television communication towers, offshore oil platforms, nuclear power plants, wind power generation, water conservancy construction, underground foundation steel sheet piles, etc.

Urban construction requires a large amount of steel structures, such as subways, urban light railways, overpasses, environmentally friendly buildings, public facilities, temporary buildings, etc.

In addition, steel structures are widely used in small and lightweight structures such as supermarket shelves, scaffolding, square ornaments, sculptures, and temporary exhibition halls.