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AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE ADDENDUM NO. 2
SPECIFICATION FOR THE DESIGN OF February 4, 1977
COLD-FORMED STEEL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS
1968 EDITION
The following modifications of the 1968 Edition of Thick, ASTM A588
the Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Structural Steel with 42,000 psi Minimum
Steel Structural Members were recommended by Yield Point (% in. Maximum Thickness), ASTM
the Advisory Group on the Specification for the A529
Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members
and approved by AISI's Committee on Construc- 1.2.2 Other Steels
tion Codes and Standards on February 4, 1977. The ~ listing in Section 1.2.1 does not
Note: New material is underlined; deleted mater- exclude the use of steel up to and including one-
ial is crossed out. -hftlf- inch in thickness ordered or produced to
other than the listed specifications provided
Revise Section 1, General, of the 1968 Edition as such steel conforms to the chemical and mech-
follows, and delete Addendum No. 1 dated Novem- anical requirements of one of the listed specifi-
ber 19, 1970: cations or other published specifications which
1.1 Scope establishes its properties and suitability, and
This Specification shall apply to the design of provided it is subjected by either the producer
structural members cold formed to shape from or the purchaser to analyses, tests and other
carbon or low-alloy, sheet or strip steels steel controls to the extent and in the manner pre-
sheet, strip, plate or bar not more than one ii1ch scribed by one of the listed specifications.
in thickness and used for load-carrying purposes 1.3 Delivered Minimum Thickness
in buildings. It may also be used for structures
other than buildings provided appropriate allow- The uncoated minimum steel thickness of the
ances are made for dynamic effects. cold-formed product as delivered to the job site
shall not at any location be less than 95 per cent
1.2 Material of the thickness, t, used in its design; however,
1.2.1 General thicknesses may be less at bends, such as corners,
This Specification contemplates the use of due to cold-forming effects.
steel of structural quality as defined in general Modify Section 3.5, Web Crippling of Beams, of
by the provisions of the following specifications the 1968 Edition by making the following addition
of the American Society for Testing and Mater- to Section 3.5 (a) (2):
ials:
Flat Rolled Carbon Steel Sheets of Str1:1e (2) For reactions of interior supports or
tural Quality, 1\STM A246 for concentrated loads located any-
High Strength Low Alloy Cold Rolled Steel where on the span: For inside corner
Sheets and Strip, 1\STM ~A~374 radius equal to or less than the thick-
High Strength Low Alloy Hot Rolled Steel ness of sheet
Sheets and Strip, ASTM A376 Pill IIX = t" [305 + 2.30 ( N /t)
Steel Sheet, Zinc-coated (Galvanized) by - 0.009 (N/t) (h/t)
the Hot-Dip Process, Structural (Physical) - 0.5 (h/t) J
Quality, ASTM A446 X [1.22- 0.22 (F,,/33)]
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Sheet and Strip, X (F) /33)
Structural Quality, ASTM A570 For other corner radii up to 4t, the
Steel Sheet and Strip, Hot-Rolled and Cold- value P""" given by the above formula
Rolled, High Strength, Low Alloy, with Improved is to be multiplied by
Corrosion Resistance, ASTM A606 ( 1.06 - 0.06 R/t)
Steel Sheet and Strip, Hot-Rolled and Cold- In the presence of a moment larger
Rolled, High Strength, Low Alloy Columbium than 0.3 Mill"" the allowable concen-
and/or Vanadium, ASTM A607 trated load or reaction must be multi-
Steel, Cold-Rolled Sheet, Carbon, Struc- plied by the reduction factor
tural, ASTM A611 1.3- M/MiliiiX
Structural Steel, ASTM A36
High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel, Add the following dejiuitions:
ASTM A242 M = applied bending moment, at or
High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Man- immediately adjacent toP, kip- in.
ganese Vanadium Steel, ASTM A441 Mm,, = allowable bending moment permitted if
High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Va- - - bending stress only exists, kip - in.
nadium Steels of Structural Quality, ASTM A572
High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel
with 50,000 psi Minimum Yield Point to 4 in. Copyright American Iron and Steel Institute 1977
COMMENTS ON ADDENDUM NO. 2 All thickness measurements should obtain the base
steel thickness exclusive of coatings.
These comments are intended to explain the revi- The responsibility of meeting this requirement is
sions in the Specification and are not considered clearly that of the manufacturer of the cold-
part of the Specification. formed product, not the steel producer.