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The above is a model of a typical steel I-beam skeletal framework structure. However, the |
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distances between the girders and columns has been shortened significantly in order to |
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highlight the connection details. Wide flanged Ι-beams, square in cross-section, are used |
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for columns that extend from the foundations to the roof. The bases of the columns are |
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bolted or welded to steel bearing plates that are attached to the foundation with anchor |
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bolts sunk deep into the concrete. The foundation can be quite massive, if the building is |
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very high, to resist the bending moment exerted by the wind load on the upper stories. |
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I-beam girders span from column to column. Beams or truss joists that carry the floors and |
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roof span from girder to girder. The exterior perimeter girders from which the curtain wall |
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