ASTM A588/A588M-05

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Designation: A588/A588M – 05 Highway and Transportation Officials Standard
AASHTO No.: M 222
Standard Specification for
High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel, up to 50 ksi [345
MPa] Minimum Yield Point, with Atmospheric Corrosion
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Resistance
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA588/A588M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This specification covers high-strength low-alloy struc- 2.1 ASTM Standards:
turalsteelshapes,plates,andbarsforwelded,riveted,orbolted A6/A6M SpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforRolled
construction but intended primarily for use in welded bridges Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
and buildings where savings in weight or added durability are G101 Guide for Estimating the Atmospheric Corrosion
important. The atmospheric corrosion resistance of this steel in Resistance of Low-Alloy Steels
most environments is substantially better than that of carbon
3. General Requirements for Delivery
structural steels with or without copper addition (see Note 1).
3.1 Structural products furnished under this specification
When properly exposed to the atmosphere, this steel is suitable
for many applications in the bare (unpainted) condition. This shall conform to the requirements of the current edition of
Specification A6/A6M, for the specific structural product
specification is limited to material up to 8 in. [200 mm]
inclusive in thickness. ordered,unlessaconflictexists,inwhichcasethisspecification
shall prevail.
NOTE 1—For methods of estimating the atmospheric corrosion resis-
3.2 Coils are excluded from qualification to this specifica-
tance of low-alloy steels, see Guide G101.
tion until they are processed into a finished structural product.
1.2 When the steel is to be welded, a welding procedure
Structural products produced from coil means structural prod-
suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service is to
ucts that have been cut to individual lengths from a coil. The
be utilized. See Appendix X3 of Specification A6/A6M for
processor directly controls, or is responsible for, the operations
information on weldability.
involved in the processing of a coil into a finished structural
1.3 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
product. Such operations include decoiling, leveling or
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
straightening, hot-forming or cold-forming (if applicable),
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
cutting to length, testing, inspection, conditioning, heat treat-
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to
ment(ifapplicable),packaging,marking,loadingforshipment,
be used independently of the other, without combining values
and certification.
in any way.
NOTE 2—For structural products produced from coil and furnished
1.4 The text of this specification contains notes, footnotes,
without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, two test results are to
or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and
be reported for each qualifying coil. Additional requirements regarding
footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain
structural products produced from coil are described in Specification
any mandatory requirements.
A6/A6M.
1.5 For structural products produced from coil and fur-
4. Materials and Manufacture
nished without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, the
additional requirements, including additional testing require-
4.1 The steel shall be made to fine grain practice.
ments and the reporting of additional test results, of Specifi-
5. Chemical Composition
cation A6/A6M apply.
5.1 The heat analysis shall conform to the requirements
prescribed in Table 1.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
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A01.02 on Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock and Ships. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved April 1, 2005. Published April 2005. Originally contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 1968. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as A588/A588M – 04. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
DOI: 10.1520/A0588_A0588M-05. the ASTM website.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this stand
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