Hopefully other contributors will have a more detailed answer, but ASTM A653 only requires that the makeup be 99% zinc minimum. There is no mention of what the 1% can or should be.
Mike
Can anyone tell me what the requirements are the this steel specification? It was specifified as the material for an older job (prior to my tenure here) and there does not seem to be any record of the specification.
I know basically that it is a higher formability grade of 440 MPa tensile...
If you want to supply your emal address to me, I will send you a copy of the spreadsheet I use to calculate coil length.
The calculation requires:
Coil I.D. & O.D.
Coil width
Material Gauge, and
type of material (for density)
The spreadsheet basically calculates the PIW and from that, the...
I am in the automotive metal stamping field and a customer has asked us to calculate the increase in stiffness of a stamped part if we increase the thickness by "x" amount or if we increase the strength by "y" amount. It has been a long time since engineering mechanics for...
