Some people in this group are averse to the centimeter, but square centimeters would help here: 436 cm2 is friendlier than 43600 mm2.
And cubic centimeters would obviate three insignificant zeros. Now I will rock back and see who howls about the "Rule of Three." > From: Howard Ressel <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:54:24 -0500 > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:42876] Fwd: RE: Difficulty of calculating steel members? > > This was a bit back but i received a response from a structural engineer > friend of mine and he tends to agree. > -- > > "Go for a Metric America" > Howard Ressel > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > (585) 272-3372 > > >>>>>>>>>>>> > > I would agree that designing steel in metric is not as user friendly. > The steel section properties are typically mm2, mm3 or mm4 and are > very > large numbers. For example the area of a W36x230 beam shape is 68 in2 > or 43600 mm2. Similarly, the bending section modulus is 837 in3 or > 13700000 mm3. The larger values are not that easy to work with. > > > Hope this helps. > > Stephen J. P________ Jr., P.E. > Associate / Structural Engineer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Ressel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 8:42 AM > Subject: Fwd: [USMA:42472] Difficulty of calculating steel members? > > What do you think of this? Is it really harder to design steel in > metric? > -- > > "Go for a Metric America" > Howard Ressel > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > (585) 272-3372 > > >>>> On 1/24/2009 at 6:16 PM, in message > <[email protected]>, Paul Armstrong > <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> >> I got the following reply to a video on YouTube. >> >> While I did engineering in university, I'm a sysadmin so dealing > with > >> steel members isn't something I've had to do at a practical level. >> Anyone understand how this could make sense (I know, there's no >> detail, it's just a random assertion)? >> >>> >>> help center | e-mail options | report spam >>> GenScripter has made a comment on Why We Need Metric - My Story: >>> >>> You clearly aren't a structural engineer. Steel members using the >>> metric system are far more difficult to calculate and designate > than > >>> the imperial unit members. The metric system isn't a panacea. >>> You can reply to this comment by visiting the comments page. >>> >>> (c) 2009 YouTube, LLC >
