Hi there Ron - Thanks for wanting to help. My questions/requests basically are:
1 - Whether the current JIS SS400 standard is per the attached chart...especially if the allowable limits are: Cmax = 0.22% and Mn max = 0.6%.
2 - Feedback(advice) for welding QAQC per AWS D1.1 when this steel is...
Is a “ENG-TIPS” posting from 8April2004 not currently(1June2011) correct in that the upper limits of C & Mn have since been defined for JIS SS400?
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I don’t have access to any complete JIS...
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needs to be reconfirmed or updated?!
I am planchecking a project that must comply with the 2007CBC(mostly=2006IBC)with a SDC=D so it must comply with AISC341...and the client/general contractor is specifying JIS SS400 steel.
A quick reponse will be most appreciated because the...
For frames with definite defined supports, I Like the Enercalc Fastframe software...but I am not sure if it will be revised for the latest codes such as the 2006 IBC.
For your need of a closed structure (say a rectangle) with EFP loads "pushing" inward... perhaps you could get an "envelope of...