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Concept edit
"The central "web" of the steel "I "-beam is often wider than a column web to resist the higher bending moments that occur in beams."
Actually, the flanges of beams take the highest stress in bending, not the webs.
"The two wide flanges of a column are thicker and wider than the flanges on a beam, to better withstand compressive stress in the structure"
Compressive stress is generally considered to be distributed evenly throughout the section when analyzing columns. The thicker flanges resist torsion to eliminate lateral-torsional buckling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.52.96.11 (talk) 18:50, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
History edit
There is no History, specifically what I needed to find on this page. Steel-framing: when? A bit of information can be gleaned from Wikipedia articles on Skyscrapers and Early skyscrapers, but nothing much to say when steel found its way into residential construction — like the Gilded Age mansions and other large (but low-rise) Beaux-Arts structures. Were certain architects instrumental?
There is, in the "External Links" section, a link identified as leading to a history article; that link does not lead to a history, nor does a site search there lead to any productive link. Moreover, the website looks to be engaged in sales.
John Sinclair (talk) 01:52, 29 January 2013 (UTC)