A castellated beam is a beam style where an I-beam is subjected to a longitudinal cut along its web following a specific pattern.
The purpose is to divide and reassemble the beam with a deeper web by taking advantage of the cutting pattern. [1]
References
- ^ Tsavdaridis, Konstantinos; Kingman, James; Toropov, Vassilli (31 July 2014). "Application of structural topology optimisation to perforated steel beams". Computers and Structures. 158: 108–123. doi: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2015.05.004.
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