Pono ke koho ʻana o nā kaola H e kau mua ʻia ma luna o ʻekolu mau ʻano koʻikoʻi hiki ʻole ke kūkākūkā ʻia, ʻoiai e pili pono ana kēia i ka hiki i ka huahana ke hoʻokō i nā koi hoʻolālā kūkulu.
Papa MeaʻO nā mea maʻamau no nā kaola H he kila kūkulu kalapona (e like meQ235B, Q355B H Beamma nā kūlana Kina, a i ʻoleA36, A572 H Beamma nā kūlana ʻAmelika) a me ke kila ikaika kiʻekiʻe haʻahaʻa-alloy. He kūpono ʻo Q235B/A36 H Beam no ke kūkulu kīwila maʻamau (e laʻa, nā hale noho, nā hale hana liʻiliʻi) ma muli o kona hiki ke hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻia a me ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa; ʻO Q355B/A572, me ka ikaika hua kiʻekiʻe (≥355MPa) a me ka ikaika tensile, makemake ʻia no nā papahana hana kaumaha e like me nā alahaka, nā hale hana ākea nui, a me nā ʻōpū hale kiʻekiʻe, no ka mea hiki ke hōʻemi i ka nui o ka ʻāpana cross-sectional o ke kaola a mālama i kahi.
Nā Kikoʻī AnaUa wehewehe ʻia nā kukuna H e ʻekolu mau ana koʻikoʻi: ke kiʻekiʻe (H), ka laulā (B), a me ka mānoanoa o ka pūnaewele (d). No ka laʻana, he kukuna H i kapa ʻia "H300×150×6×8"ʻo ia hoʻi he 300mm ke kiʻekiʻe, 150mm ka laulā, 6mm ka mānoanoa o ka pūnaewele, a 8mm ka mānoanoa o ka flange. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā kaola H liʻiliʻi (H≤200mm) no nā hale lua e like me nā joists papahele a me nā kākoʻo ʻāpana; hoʻopili ʻia nā mea nui waena (200mm
Hana Mīkini: E kālele i nā ʻōkuhi e like me ka ikaika o ka hua, ka ikaika tensile, a me ka paʻakikī o ka hopena. No nā papahana ma nā wahi anuanu (e laʻa, ʻākau o Kina, Kanada), pono nā kukuna H e hala i nā hoʻokolohua hopena haʻahaʻa (e like me -40℃ impact toughness ≥34J) e pale aku i ka haki ʻana o ka brittle i nā kūlana hau; no nā wahi seismic, pono e koho ʻia nā huahana me ka ductility maikaʻi (elongation ≥20%) e hoʻoikaika i ke kūpaʻa ʻana o ka ōlaʻi o ka hale.