AdvantagesofPEB:PEBoffersadvantagesoverconventionalsteelbulngstheyarelistedbelow:Lightweightroofi

ngsystem,coatedroofing&claddingsheetsaremorecorrosionresistance.Eventhroughlightweightpurlinscan
spanlargersometimesevendoubletheconventionalwalls.Useofhighstrength steel for frames provide more
economicalconfiguration.Architecturalaswellasflexibilityinstructuralplanningispossible.Manpowerreducti
onandgreaterspeedinconstructionisachieved.Applications:Used in manufacturing processing plant which
requirelargecolumnfreearea.UsedinwarehousesandfacilitiesforsurveyingsimilarneedsComponentsofPEB:
RoofingandcladdingmaterialswithturboventilatorsZshapedpurlins,StructuralframewithGIorACsheets with
spannotgreaterthan1.5mtColdframedgirtsectionswithhighstrengthzonecoatedsteeldepthofsection varies
100mmto400mmforaspanof12mtforZshapedpurlinsDifferentsectionsusedfor lightguagesections:Channel
sectionIsectionHatAngleBasedonstiffenedtheycanbeclassifiedasStiffenedUnstiffenedMultiplestiffened(lig
htguagesectionsarealsocalledascoldformedsteelsectionsthreresectionaremadeupofthinsheetofuniformt
hicknessfabricationthethicknessisgenerallyb/w1mm8mmfortheretypeofsectionsareextensivlyusedinbuil
dingssuchasgirtspurlinslightstructuresroofsheetingandfloordecksthesesectionsbecameeconomicalforligh
tloadsandforusefullservicessuchasroofcoveringwallpanelsNowadaysthesearewidelyusedinpreengineerin
gsteelbuildingsCommanusedofcoldformed:Amoderatespanandloadsmaybethethicknessandhotrolledsect
ionsunechonomicalForexample:purlingirtsrooftrussescompleteframingfor1or2storyedresidentialcommer
cialandindustrialstructuresStiffenedUnstiffenedMultiplestiffenedelements1)Stiffenedcompelementanyfl
atcompelementsuchasplaicomponentflangeflexuralmemberorplainwebisstiffenedatthedirectionofstress
byconnectingtothestiffeningelentsuchaswebflangestiffeninglipintermediatestiffenerofferingspecialresist
ancetolateraldeflectionthenelementiscalledstiffenHorizontalflangewhichisincomp,isstiffenedalsooneedg
ebystiffeninglipandalongotheredgebyverticalweborhorizontalcompflangeflexuralmemberstiffenedalong
bothedgesbyverticalweb2)Unstiffenedcompressionelementswhenaflatelementisstiffenedatonlyoneedge
paralleltodirectionofstresstheelementisconsideredasunstiffened.3)Multiplestiffenedelementsandsubele
mentswhentheelementisstiffenedb/wwebandstiffenededgebymeansofintermediatestiffenswhicharepar
alleltodirectionofstressthenitisknownasmultiplestiffenedelement.Connectionsforlightguagestructures:
WeldingBoltingRevittingScrewingSpecialdevicessuchasmetalstitchingandupsetting1)weldingmaybefurth
ersubdividedinA)resistancewelding/spotweldingmostlyforshopfabricationsB)Fusimwelding:mostlyforere
ctionwelding2)Bolting:subdividedintoA)ordinaryblackboltswithoutspecialcontrolofbolttensionB)highstre
ngthboltswithcontrolledhighbolttension3)Revitting:whilehotrevittingislittleapplicationinlightguageconstr
uction,coldrevittingfindconsiderablyusedperticularlyinspecialformstoincreasebearingareahighshearrevits
explosiverevitsandothers4)screwing:thisismostlydonebymeansselftampingscrewsofconsiderablevarietys
hapes5)specialdevices:thisincludesA)metalstiching:achievedbytoolswhicharespecialdevelopmentofcom
manofficestamplerB)connectingbyupsetting:bymeansofspecialtoolswhichdrawsthesheetintointerlocking
connections.