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    The steel industry has embraced ASTM specification A992 as the new de facto standard for structural steel shapes used in building framing. A992 has replaced A572 Grade 50, with minimum yield strength of 50 ksi. It offers better material definition than A572 Grade 50, with limits on properties like yield strength, tensile strength, carbon content. Major steel mills have transitioned their wide flange production to A992, which provides benefits like simplified designs and potential cost savings compared to A36. Specifiers can now specify A992 instead of A572 Grade 50 seamlessly for most building framing applications.

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    The steel industry has embraced ASTM specification A992 as the new de facto standard for structural steel shapes used in building framing. A992 has replaced A572 Grade 50, with minimum yield strength of 50 ksi. It offers better material definition than A572 Grade 50, with limits on properties like yield strength, tensile strength, carbon content. Major steel mills have transitioned their wide flange production to A992, which provides benefits like simplified designs and potential cost savings compared to A36. Specifiers can now specify A992 instead of A572 Grade 50 seamlessly for most building framing applications.

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    The steel industry has embraced ASTM specification A992 as the new de facto standard for structural steel shapes used in building framing. A992 has replaced A572 Grade 50, with minimum yield strength of 50 ksi. It offers better material definition than A572 Grade 50, with limits on properties like yield strength, tensile strength, carbon content. Major steel mills have transitioned their wide flange production to A992, which provides benefits like simplified designs and potential cost savings compared to A36. Specifiers can now specify A992 instead of A572 Grade 50 seamlessly for most building framing applications.

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    STEEL INDUSTRY EMBRACES A992

    This article has been provided compliments of Modern Steel Construction.


    By Jacques Cattan
    For much of the past decade, ASTM A572 Gr. 50 has been the de facto standard in the
    structural steel industry. The advent of the mini-mills essentially eliminated the price
    premium for the material compared with A36 and many designers have long since made
    the switch.
    Now, though, the next generation de facto standard is available. A992, with a minimum
    strength of 50ksi, is now available, has been incorporated into the 1999 LRFD
    Specification. For designers, the switch from A572 Gr. 50 to A992 should be seamless,
    and in fact, many designers have already been specifying the material, albeit as A572 Gr.
    50 (with special requirements) as per AISC Technical Bulletin #3 March 1997. The new
    A992 Specification covers W shapes (rolled wide flange shapes) intended for use in
    building framing. For S, M, and HP shapes and channels, A36 or A572 Gr. 50 should still
    be specified. For angles and plates, A36 should still be specified (for more information,
    see the three-part series, Are You Properly Specifying Materials, which appeared in the
    Jan.-March issues of MSC).
    The major advantage of A992 is its better material definition. It has an upper limit on
    yield strength of 65 ksi, a minimum tensile strength of 65 ksi, a specified maximum yield
    to tensile ratio of 0.85 and a specified maximum carbon equivalent of 0.47%.
    All of our current wide flange shapes are available in A992 today, stated James L.
    Wroble, Vice President/Sales & Marketing at Chaparral Steel in Midlothian, TX.
    And theres no premium compared with A36 for the material on the shapes that
    Chaparral currently produces.
    Added Robert W. Johns, Sales Manager, Nucor Yamato Steel Company in Blytheville,
    AR: Weve been rolling the equivalent to A992 for three and a half years now, since
    before the release of AISC Technical Bulletin #3. All of Nucor-Yamatos wide flange
    shapes are available in A992, though there is currently a slight price premium compared
    with A36 once you get above about 150 lbs. Per foot.
    Likewise wide flange sections produced by Northwestern Steel & Wire Co., as well the
    companys available inventory, meet the A992 Specification, according to Michael
    Venie, vice president of sales and marketing at Northwestern.
    (Please check directly with other domestic and foreign wide flange mills concerning their
    policy on the new grade and its availability.)

    Also, during this transition period, there may be occasions where A922 is not readily
    available through service centers, explained Andy Johnson, Vice President of Marketing
    for AISC Marketing, Inc. In these cases, we recommend that the engineer allow the
    substitution of A572 Gr. 50.
    While mills and service centers are in the process of fully gearing up for A992, the steel
    specification has already adopted it. The new material has already been incorporated
    into the latest set of revisions to the AISC specification, explained Stanley D. Lindsey,
    president of Stanley D. Lindsey & Assoc., Ltd., in Atlanta and chairman of the AISC
    Committee on Specifications.
    As with A572 Gr. 50, A992 presents some attractive cost benefits over A36. Since there
    are often no grade extras for Gr. 50 steel, most buildings will achieve a greater economy
    by utilizing A992 instead of A36. However, even when extras do come into play, there
    are typically no overall cost penalties for the frame. This is because the weight savings
    provide greater benefits than the premium for the grade extra, explained Johnson.
    Studies have shown this to be true even when member sizes need to be increased to meet
    serviceability concerns. A copy of studies showing the cost savings of using Gr. 50
    instead of Gr. 36 can be obtained by faxing a request to AISC Marketing at 312-6705403.
    In addition, the entire fabricated structural steel industry will ultimately benefit from
    economies of scale related to moving to a single grade of steel. The use of a single highstrength grade is expected to simplify designs for buildings and produce economies of
    scale for service centers, mills and fabricators, explained H. Louis Gurthet, President of
    AISC.
    The following page contains a brief comparison of ASTM A572 Grade 50 Standard
    Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel and
    ASTM A992 Standard Specification for Steel for Structural Shapes for Use in Building
    framing. The comparison focuses on the scope, chemical composition and tensile
    requirements.
    Like any ASTM Specification, both A572 and A992 contain a reference section, a
    materials and manufacture section as well as optional supplementary requirements,
    which are not included in this comparison.

    Scope:
    A572 Grade 50

    A992

    Covers structural steel shapes, plates, piling and bars

    Covers W shapes (rolled wide flange shapes) intended


    for use in building framing.

    Intended for riveted, bolted or welded construction of


    bridges, buildings and other structures.

    Chemical Composition:

    A572 Grade 50

    A992

    Element

    Composition %

    Element

    Composition %

    Carbon, max
    Columbium, used alone

    0.23
    0.005 0.05

    Carbon, max
    Columbium, max

    0.23
    0.05

    Manganese, max

    1.35

    Copper, max
    Manganese
    Manganese, min. for group 1
    shapes if Manganese to Sulfur
    ratio > 20 to 1

    0.60
    0.5 1.50

    Molybdenum, max
    Nickel, max

    0.3
    0.15
    0.45
    0.035

    Phosphorus, max

    0.04

    Phosphorus, max

    Silicon, max

    0.40

    Silicon, max

    0.40

    Sulfur, max
    Vanadium, used alone
    Vanadium + Columbium
    Vanadium alone and
    Nitrogen

    0.05
    0.01-0.15
    0.02 0.15
    Vanadium to
    nitrogen ratio 4 to
    1 min

    Sulfur, max
    Vanadium, max
    Vanadium + Columbium, max
    Vanadium alone and Nitrogen

    0.045
    0.11
    0.15
    Vanadium to nitrogen ratio
    4 to 1 minimum if nitrogen
    is greater than 0.012%

    Nitrogen 0.015%
    max
    Carbon Equivalent, max

    0.45% for groups 1,2 and 3


    0.47% for groups 4 and 5
    In addition A992 requires the reporting, for information, of the tin content. It also requires the reporting of the carbon
    equivalent using the following formula:

    CE = C + (Mn)/6 + (Cr + Mo + V)/5 + (Ni + Cu)/15

    Tensile Requirements:

    A572 Grade 50

    A992

    Tensile Strength, min


    Yield Point, min

    65 ksi
    50 ksi

    Elongation in 8 in., min

    18%

    Tensile Strength, min


    Yield Point
    Yield to tensile ratio, max
    Elongation in 8 in., min

    65 ksi
    50 to 65 ksi
    0.85
    18%

    Elongation in 2 in., min

    21%

    Elongation in 2 in., min

    21%

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