Steel Lintels

Lesson 16 : Lintels

Classification Of Lintels

Steel Lintels

Steel Lintels consist of steel angles or rolled steel joints. Steel angles are used for small spans and light5 loading and rolled steel joints are used for large spans and heavy loadings.

Steel lintels become useful when there is no space available to accommodate the rise of an arch. Normally steel lintels are provided where the opening is large and where the super-imposed loads are also heavy. It consists of rolled steel joists or channel sections either used singly or in combination of two or three units. When used singly, the steel joists is either embedded in concrete or cladded with stone facing , so as to increase its width to match with the width of wall. When more than one unit is placed side by side, they are kept in position by tube separators.

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