An interesting development out of the steel industry as
American design professionals now have access to a new resource related to carbon
steel structural components for steel
buildings.
American Institute of Steel
Construction (AISC) Steel Design Guide No. 27, Structural Stainless Steel,
authored by Associate Director at the Steel Construction Institute (SCI) Nancy
Baddoo, provides guidance for the design of structural hot-rolled or welded
open sections such as I-shaped members, channels, and equal-leg angles, as well
as rectangular and round hollow structural sections (HSS).
The publication is intended for engineers experienced in the
design of carbon steel structural components, but not necessarily in the design
of stainless steel structures, and is aligned with the design provisions in the
2010 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings. The AISC Guide applies
to austenitic, duplex and precipitation hardening stainless steel structural
sections with thickness 8 in. (3 mm) and greater. Some of the topics covered in this guide include material
behavior and selection, cross-section design, member design, connections and
fabrication.
"Up until now, there have been no specifications or
guidelines for the design of structures fabricated from hot-rolled stainless
steel plates or shapes," said Ted Galambos, Ph.D., P.E., emeritus
professor of structural engineering at the University of Minnesota in
Minneapolis and a reviewer of Design Guide No. 27. "This document, for the
first time in the U.S., will show designers how to proportion stainless steel
beams, columns, frames and connections that are fabricated from hot-rolled
components. With this new design guide, it will be an easy task to expand the
arsenal of engineers."
It was a collaborative effort to put this guide together,
bring the collective talents of the International Chromium Development
Association (ICDA), International Molybdenum Association (IMOA), International
Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF), Nickel Institute, Outokumpu, Specialty Steel
Industry of North America (SSINA), Stainless Structurals LLC, Stalatube, and
the Steel Institute of New York (SINY).
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