Steel u beam, izwi kandi nk'icyuma cy'umuyoboro, ni ibikoresho byubaka kandi byizewe bikoreshwa cyane mubwubatsi, ibikorwa remezo, ninganda zikora inganda. Iranga U-shusho itandukanye-yambukiranya, byoroshye kumenya no gukorana nayo.

Kimwe mu byiza byibanze byicyuma cya U ni imbaraga zacyo ndende kandi ziramba. Yakozwe hifashishijwe ibyuma byujuje ubuziranenge byuma, byemeza ubushobozi bwayo bwo kwihanganira imitwaro iremereye no kurwanya ihinduka. Ibi bituma ibyuma u beam byiza muburyo bwo gushyigikira imiterere, bitanga ituze no kuramba mubikorwa bitandukanye.

Ubwinshi bwibyuma u beam nubundi buryo bugaragara. Imiterere yacyo ituma ikora imirimo myinshi, harimo gushushanya, kuyobora, no gutunganya ibice. Irashobora gukata byoroshye, gusudira, no gukoreshwa, bigatuma ihuza nibisabwa bitandukanye. ibyuma u beam nabyo bikoreshwa cyane muburyo bwo kubaka, kubaka inzira nyabagendwa, gushyigikira imashini nibikoresho, no gukora imibiri yimodoka.

Byongeye kandi, ibyuma u beam bikunze gukundwa kubiciro-bikora neza. Kuboneka kwayo muburebure butandukanye, kubyimbye, no kurangiza bituma habaho kwihindura, kugabanya imyanda no gukoresha neza ibikoresho. Hamwe nigihe kirekire cyo kubaho hamwe nibisabwa bike byo kubungabunga, ibyuma u beam bitanga igihe kirekire kumafaranga.

Mugusoza, ibyuma u beam nibintu byinshi, biramba, kandi byubaka-ibikoresho byubaka bikwiranye nuburyo bwinshi bwo gusaba. Imbaraga zayo, guhuza n'imihindagurikire, hamwe no gukoresha neza ibiciro bituma ihitamo neza imishinga yo kubaka no gukora.