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Encyclopedia > A36 steel

A36 steel is a standard steel alloy which is the most common structural steel used in the United States.[1] The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon content between 0. ...


The A36 standard was established by the standards organization ASTM International. ASTM International is an international voluntary standards organization that develops and produces technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services. ...

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Properties

As with most steels, A36 has a density 7.8 times that of water. A36 steel in plates, bars, and shapes with a thickness of less than 8 inches (203 mm) has a minimum yield strength of 36 KSI (36,000 PSI), and ultimate tensile strength of 58-80 KSI. Plates thicker than 8 inches have 32 KSI yield strength and 58-80 KSI ultimate tensile strength.[1] [2] Yield strength, or the yield point, is defined in engineering as the amount of strain that a material can undergo before moving from elastic deformation into plastic deformation. ... Ksi (Ѯ, ѯ) is a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, descended from the Greek letter Xi. ... Psi has multiple meanings: Psi (letter) (Ψ, ψ) of the Greek alphabet Psi (Cyrillic) (Ѱ, ѱ), letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, adopted from Greek Psi (instant messenger), the popular Jabber client program J/ψ particle, a subatomic particle Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics, ψ Ψ in mathematics is the angle between the tangent and the... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Strength of materials. ...


A36 is a standard carbon steel, without advanced alloying. General Name, Symbol, Number carbon, C, 6 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 14, 2, p Appearance black (graphite) colorless (diamond) Atomic mass 12. ...


Useage

Fabricated forms

A36 is produced in a wide variety of forms, including:

  • Plate
  • I-beam
  • Pipe
  • Bar
  • Sheet

For more information, see Structural steel. Structural steel is steel construction material, a profile, formed with a specific shape and certain standards of chemical composition and strength. ...


Methods of joining

A36 is readily welded by nearly all welding processes. The most commonly used for A36 are the cheapest and easiest - shielded metal arc welding (otherwise known as stick welding), gas metal arc welding (otherwise known as MIG welding for Metal Inert Gas), and oxyacetylene welding for non-electric methods. Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. ... Shielded metal arc welding a pipe Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), also known as manual metal arc (MMA) welding or informally as stick welding, is a manual arc welding process that uses a consumable electrode coated in flux to lay the weld. ... Gas metal arc welding (GMAW), sometimes referred to by its subtypes, metal inert gas (MIG) welding or metal active gas (MAG) welding, is a semi-automatic or automatic arc welding process in which a continuous and consumable wire electrode and a shielding gas are fed through a welding gun. ... Oxy-fuel welding of metal is commonly called oxyacetylene welding since acetylene is the predominant choice for a fuel, or often simply gas welding. ...


A36 steel is also commonly bolted and riveted in structural applications. A bolt may be one of the following things: For bolts and capscrews, see Bolted joint. ... A rivetted buffer beam on a steam locomotive A rivet is a mechanical fastener consisting of a smooth cylindrical shaft with heads on either end, the second one formed in position. ...


References

  1. ^ a b Steel Construction Manual, 8th Edition, second revised edition, American Institute of Steel Construction, 1986, ch. 1 page 1-5
  2. ^ ASTM Specification steels, Inland Steel Corporation, accessed Sept 23, 2006

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