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A36 vs Temperature Strength Chart

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Rabbit12

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Jul 23, 2014
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I'm looking for a strength vs. temperature graph or table for A36 steel. I'm not having much luck finding that information. Anyone have a reference they can point me to?
 
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ASME B&PV Code, Section II, Part D should have that information (A36=SA36).
 
From ASME Section II, Part D, Table Y-1 (Yield Strength Values):
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Temperature     Yield Strength (Short-term - in ksi)
100°F              36.0
150°F              33.8
200°F              33.0
250°F              32.4
300°F              31.8
400°F              30.8
500°F              29.3
600°F              27.6
650°F              26.7
700°F              25.8
750°F              24.9
800°F              24.1
850°F              23.4
900°F              22.8
950°F              22.1
1000°F             21.4
 
TGS4 has some good info. AISC doesn't give a chart (that I've seen), but they do say steel loses 23% of it's yield strength at 800 F [426 C], 37% at 1000 F [537 C], and 63% of its strength at 1200 F [648 C].

(Source: 'Manual of Steel Construction ASD, 9th Edition', AISC, p.6-3.)


 
Thanks guys. That's what I was looking for.
 
Creep becomes non-negligible at 650°F (reference - Table 4.1 in API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 (2016)).
 
A good reference BS EN 1993-1-2 ( EC-3 Part 1-2: General rules — Structural fire design )

The following is excerpt from the same ref. for Carbon Steel ;

Carbon_steel_FY_vs_TEMP_byea3k.jpg
 
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