How to calculate steel weight and cost in rupees
Formulas for flats, bars, plates and pipes, a rebar weight chart, a free calculator and a worked estimate.
How to read a steel section table: ISMB, ISLB and every symbol
What a designation means and what every column stands for, followed through one real MB 300 row.
How to check the capacity of a steel beam to IS 800
Bending, shear and tension capacity of MB 300 worked by hand, plus a deflection check.
How to check a bolt for combined shear and tension to IS 800
Bolt grades, areas and the interaction check, worked on an M16 bolt with real numbers.
How to pick the lightest steel section for a required moment of inertia
Turn a deflection limit into a target Izz, then rank IS sections by mass and cost.
Indian standards for structural steel: IS 808, IS 800, IS 1161, IS 4923, IS 1786 and bolts
What each standard covers and how they fit together on a real job.
A two minute tour of Steel Table India
Every feature in order: catalogue, Inspect, optimizer, IS 800 checks, estimator and Bolt Mode.
Steel Table India: a free, offline IS 808 steel section app
What the app is, who built it, what is inside and where it stops.
MS round, square and flat bar weight chart
kg per metre, per 6 m length and metres per tonne for common bar sizes, with the formulas.
MS plate and sheet weight chart
Plate weight per square metre, per square foot and per standard sheet, from 1 mm to 50 mm.
How to calculate the moment of inertia and section modulus of an I-section
Hand formulas checked against MB 300, plus a built-up plate girder example.
How to calculate the slenderness ratio (KL/r) of a steel column
Effective length, radius of gyration and a worked MB 300 example against the limit.
Steel rate conversions: per tonne, per kg, per metre and per foot
Turn a steel quotation into a cost per metre, per foot or per piece, without a 1000 times error.