ʻO ke kila kila kekahi māhele o ke kila i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea hana no ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi kila.ʻO ke ʻano kila kila he ʻano kiʻi, i hana ʻia me kahi ʻāpana keʻa kikoʻī a me ka hahai ʻana i kekahi mau kūlana no ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kemika a me nā waiwai mechanical.Hoʻoponopono ʻia nā ʻano kila kila, ka nui, ka haku ʻana, nā ikaika, nā hana mālama, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e nā kūlana ma ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina ʻoihana.

ʻO nā lālā kila i kūkulu ʻia, e like me nā I-beams, loaʻa nā manawa lua kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻāpana, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke ʻoʻoleʻa loa e pili ana i ko lākou ʻāpana cross-sectional.

Nā ʻano hana maʻamau

Hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi i loaʻa i nā maʻamau i paʻi ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, a loaʻa pū kekahi mau ʻāpana keʻa kūikawā a me ka proprietary.

·I-beam (I-like cross-section - ma Beretania e komo pū ana kēia me Universal Beams (UB) a me Universal Columns (UC); ma ʻEulopa, aia ka IPE, HE, HL, HD a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe; (WF a i ʻole W-Shape) a me nā ʻāpana H)

·Z-Shape (hapalua flange ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe)

·HSS-Shape (Hollow structural section also known as SHS (structural hollow section) and with square, rectangular, circular (pipe) and elliptical cross sections

·Angle (L-like cross-section)

·Kaila kūkulu, a i ʻole C-beam, a i ʻole C cross-section

·Kaʻa (ʻaoʻao kea-T)

·Koho kaʻaahi (asymmetrical I-beam)

·Alahao kaʻaahi

·Vignoles rail

·Flanged T rail

·Kaʻa kaʻaahi

·ʻO Bar, he ʻāpana metala, ʻāpana keʻa ʻāpana ʻehā (flat) a lōʻihi, akā ʻaʻole ākea i kapa ʻia he lau.

·ʻO ke koʻokoʻo, he ʻāpana metala poepoe a ʻahāhā paha a lōʻihi, e ʻike pū i ka pahu a me ke kuʻi.

·ʻO ka pā, nā ʻāpana metala ʻoi aku ka mānoanoa ma mua o 6 mm a i ʻole 1⁄4 in.

·Wehe ʻia ka ʻaoʻao kila pūnaewele

ʻOiai ua hana ʻia nā ʻāpana he nui e ka ʻōwili wela a i ʻole ke anu, hana ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ke kuʻi ʻana i nā papa pālahalaha a i ʻole ka piko (no ka laʻana, ua hana ʻia nā ʻāpana pōʻai nui loa mai ka pā pālahalaha i hoʻopili ʻia i loko o ka pōʻai a wili ʻia).