Angles - Equal-legged - Unequal-legged - Round-backed - Acute-angled - Obtuse-angled - Bulb-angles - British standard sections - Table of the principal mechanical elements of equal-legged angles; of unequal-legged angles - Tees - British standard sections - Bulb tees - Table of the principal mechanical elements of ordinary tees; of bulb tees - Rolled joists - General remarks - Proportions of web and flange thicknesses - Standards of proportion - British standard sections - Table of the principal mechanical elements of rolled joists - Channels - Standards of proportions - British standard sections - Table of the principal mechanical elements of channels - Zed angles - General remarks - British standard sections - Table of the principal mechanical elements of Zed angles - Other forms of sections - Plates - Bars - Flats.

It is proposed in this chapter to give a short description of the principal rolled sections in steel commonly used in ordinary riveted construction, with tables of their principal mechanical elements, and some practical remarks on their use.

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