ASTM A572/A572M-12a

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Designation:A572/A572M −12a AmericanAssociation State
Highway and Transportation
Officals Standard
AASHTO No.: M223
Standard Specification for
High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural
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Steel
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA572/A572M; 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* system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to
be used independently of the other, without combining values
1.1 This specification covers five grades of high-strength
in any way.
low-alloy structural steel shapes, plates, sheet piling, and bars.
1.8 Thetextofthisspecificationcontainsnotesorfootnotes,
Grades 42 [290], 50 [345], and 55 [380] are intended for
or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and
riveted, bolted, or welded structures. Grades 60 [415] and 65
footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain
[450] are intended for riveted or bolted construction of bridges,
any mandatory requirements.
or for riveted, bolted, or welded construction in other applica-
tions.
1.9 For structural products produced from coil and fur-
nished without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, the
1.2 For applications, such as welded bridge construction,
additional requirements, including additional testing require-
where notch toughness is important, notch toughness require-
ments and the reporting of additional tests, of A6/A6M apply.
ments are to be negotiated between the purchaser and the
producer.
2. Referenced Documents
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1.3 Specification A588/A588M shall not be substituted for
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Specification A572/A572M without agreement between the
A6/A6M Specification for General Requirements for Rolled
purchaser and the supplier.
Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
A36/A36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
1.4 The use of columbium, vanadium, titanium, nitrogen, or
A514/A514M Specification for High-Yield-Strength,
combinations thereof, within the limitations noted in Section 5,
Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Plate, Suitable for
is required; the selection of type (1, 2, 3, or 5) is at the option
Welding
of the producer, unless otherwise specified by the purchaser.
A588/A588M Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy
(See Supplementary Requirement S90.)
Structural Steel, up to 50 ksi [345 MPa] Minimum Yield
1.5 The maximum thicknesses available in the grades and
Point, with Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance
products covered by this specification are shown in Table 1.
3. General Requirements for Delivery
1.6 When the steel is to be welded, a welding procedure
3.1 Structural products furnished under this specification
suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service is to
shall conform to the requirements of the current edition of
be utilized. See Appendix X3 of Specification A6/A6M for
Specification A6/A6M, for the specific structural product
information on weldability.
ordered, unless a conflict exists in which case this specification
1.7 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
shall prevail.
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
3.2 Coils are excluded from qualification to this specifica-
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
tion until they are processed into a finished structural product.
Structural products produced from coil means structural prod-
ucts that have been cut to individual lengths from a coil. The
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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 Nov. 1, 2012. Published March 2013. Originally contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 1966. Last previous edition approved in 2012 as A572/A572M – 12. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
DOI: 10.1520/A0572_A0572M-12A. the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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A572/A572M−12a
TABLE 1 Maximum Product Thickness or Size
Yield Point, min Maximum Thickness or Size
Structural Shape
Zees and Rolled
Grade Plates and Bars Flange or Leg
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