Structural Shapes Ranked and Reviewed - Which one Wins?

Visit https://brilliant.org/TheEngineeringHub/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. There are many structural shapes and for the most part, they all have at least one feature that is more advantages compared to the other shapes. Deciding on which one is the best structural shape is not straight forward (and probably not possible) since being able to resist high loads is only the beginning of the analysis. In this video, we (attempt to) analyze and rank the most common structural shapes. Our analysis takes a fixed area to compare various shapes in terms of bending, buckling, torsion, symmetry, and workability. 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Analysis Criteria 04:01 - I-Beam (Wide Flange) 05:34 - Rectangular 07:47 - Circular 09:57 - Channel 11:17 - Tee 12:04 - Angle 12:59 - Analysis Results and Discussion 14:13 - Sponsorship! This video was sponsored by Brilliant!