20121

Accession Number

13488

Author

Elban, Wayne L.; Borst, Mark A.; Roubachewsky, Natalie M.; Kemp, Emory L.; Tice, Patricia C.

Title Of Article Chaper

Metallurgical assessment of historic wrought iron: U.S. Custom House, Wheeling, West Virginia

Title Of Journal Book

APT bulletin

Volume

29

Issue

1

Pages

27-34

Reference Bibliography

24 bibliog. refs.

ISSN

00-449466

Language Of Text

English

Literature Type

Serial

Literature Level

Analytic

Abstract

Ball-indentation hardness testing was performed to obtain tensile-strength estimates for historic wrought-iron I-beam material; combined results from metallographic examination and hardness testing provide insight into the pioneering I-beam manufacturing process.

Keywords

Building; Metal; Architectural metal; Wrought iron; Architectural wrought iron; Analysis; Test; Examination; Metallography; Structure

pub_id

20121