MINIMUM RADIUS FOR WIDE FLANGE

[lahpe65]

WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR BENDING A WIDEFLANGE? I NEED MINIMUM RADIUS FOR W8.

 

[JAE]

You could call one of many steel bending specialists....try:

http://www.whitefab.com

or

http://www.maxweiss.com

 

[dbuzz]

This paper may be of interest:
Riviezzi, G.,
'Curving Structural Steel',
Steel Construction, Vol. 18, No. 3,
Australian Steel Institute, 1984

 

[SlideRuleEra]

Modern Steel Construction issue of June 2002, has an article on this subject. The title is "Meet the Experts: Bending Steel". Here is a link to the free .pdf download:

http://www.aisc.org/MSCTemplate.cfm...splay.cfm&TPLID=6&UserDefinedDate1=06/01/2002