no 



CONSOLIDATED STEEL CORPORATION 



SAFE LOADS FOR BETHLEHEM ROLLED 

 GIRDER BEAMS USED AS COLUMNS 



IN TONS OF 1000 KILOGRAMS 

 SQUARE ENDS 



Allowable stress per square centimeter: 



925 kilograms for lengths under 52 radii. 

 1125 3.87- for lengths over 52 radii. 



Beams not secured against yielding sideways and free to fail in direction 

 of least radius of gyration. 



