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Latest revision November 2020

K8=1.1?

From time to time we get asked why SuperBeam has applied a K8 factor of 1.1 to a built-up timber beam?

What's a PFC? An IPE? A HE?

PFC stands for Parallel Flange Channel, a channel section in which the inner and outer faces of the flanges are parallel. See SCI Publication 210: Parallel Flange Channels - Section Properties and Member Capacities, 1996. IPE and HE are Euronorm I sections.