{"id":6800,"date":"2026-11-02T05:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2026-11-04T06:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:26:01","slug":"h-beam-vs-i-beam-vs-box-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/resources\/h-beam-vs-i-beam-vs-box-column\/","title":{"rendered":"H-beam vs I-beam vs box column: which section where?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/box-steel-component-221.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/box-steel-component-221.webp 1600w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/box-steel-component-221-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/box-steel-component-221-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/box-steel-component-221-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/box-steel-component-221-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/box-steel-component-221-16x12.webp 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All three carry load efficiently. The right choice depends on how the member bends and how it connects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"compare\">Comparaci\u00f3n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th>H (wide flange)<\/th><th>I (narrow flange)<\/th><th>Box<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th>Best as<\/th><td>Columns, heavy beams<\/td><td>Beams<\/td><td>Columns, transfer members<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Weak-axis strength<\/th><td>Fair<\/td><td><strong>Baja<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Equal both ways<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Torsi\u00f3n<\/th><td>Baja<\/td><td><strong>Muy baja<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Alto<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Conexiones<\/th><td><strong>Simple<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Simple<\/strong><\/td><td>Diaphragms needed<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Cost per ton<\/th><td><strong>Baja<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Baja<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Higher<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More detail on box sections: <a href=\"\/es\/products\/welded-box-columns\/\">Welded Box Columns<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wide-flange H, narrow I and welded box sections compared for beams and columns: axis strength, torsion, connections and cost.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_aseo_title":"H-Beam vs I-Beam vs Box Column: Which to Use | GG Steel","_aseo_desc":"Wide-flange H, narrow I and welded box sections compared for beams and columns: axis strength, torsion resistance, connections and cost. Read the comparison guide.","_aseo_noindex":false,"_aseo_og_image":0,"_aseo_schema_type":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6800"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7126,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6800\/revisions\/7126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ggsteelstruct.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}