Matipedia

Materials

Each material has its own page, with its grades grouped by class. Steel comes first and goes deepest; the others follow one at a time.

Steel

52 grades · 31 standards

Structural plate, sections and bars to EN, ASTM, JIS, GB, CSA, AS/NZS, IS and GOST.

  • Mild structural steel
  • Higher-strength structural steel — the 355 MPa class
  • High-strength structural steel (420–460 MPa)
  • Hollow sections (SHS, RHS, CHS)
  • Thin-walled steel — coated sheet for cold-formed sections
  • Reinforcing steel (rebar)
  • Structural bolts
  • Very high-strength plate (S690Q, A514) · planned
  • Rebar: HRB400/500 (GB 1499.2), 500N (AS/NZS 4671), SD390 (JIS) · planned
Open steel

Timber

1 grade · 2 standards

Structural timber and glued laminated timber strength classes.

  • Glued laminated timber
  • Solid softwood (C14–C50) · planned
  • Hardwood (D18–D80) · planned
Open timber

Concrete

1 grade · 3 standards

Concrete strength classes and their design values.

  • Normal-strength concrete
  • High-strength concrete (C55/67 and above) · planned
  • ACI 318 / US strength classes · planned
Open concrete

Aluminium

1 grade · 2 standards

Wrought aluminium alloys and tempers for structures.

  • 6xxx wrought alloys (Al-Mg-Si)
  • 5xxx alloys (marine) · planned
  • EN 485-2 / EN 755-2 minimums · planned
Open aluminium
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