Material Data Review | Advanced and High Performance Materials Database

Material Name: Structural Steel - A992

Alternate Name(s):

Material Category: Metals & Alloys

Restrictions: NA

Technology Readiness Scale: Basic principles observed and reported

Researchers: No Data

Funding: No Data

Sectors:

	Used?	Applied?
Commercial Facilities
Government Facilities
Transportation Systems

Unique features of this material and its useA992 is the standard steel grade for rolled W-shapes in structural building framing.

Issues that impede commercializationNone.

Flexibility / adaptability / ease of construction issuesA992 is fully integrated into the building construction industry.

Publications:

Title	Author	Source	Volume	Place	Publisher	Year	Pages
Elevated Temperature Properties of ASTM A992 Steel	Guanyu Hu, Mohammed Ali Morovat, Jinwoo Lee, Eric Schell, and Michael Engelhardt	Proceedings of the 2009 Structures Congress

Case Studies: No Data

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Coverage/Certification

Not covered at this time.

Developmental Testing & Evaluation Designation

No designation at this time.

Physical Properties

Mechanical

Constitutive Relations	Temp	Time	XMIN	XMAX	Σ	Notes
Elastic Modulus	65 °F		29000	29000	0
Shear Modulus	32 °F		11200	11200	0
Ductility	Temp	Time	XMIN	XMAX	Σ	Notes
Strain	65 °F		21	21	0	Percent elongation in 2in.
Strength	Temp	Time	XMIN	XMAX	Σ	Notes
Elastic Limit	65 °F		50	50	0
Tensile Strength	65 °F		65	65	0
Thermal	Temp	Time	XMIN	XMAX	Σ	Notes
Service Temperature	65 °F		0	200	0
Melting Temperature	65 °F		2740	2740	0
Specific Heat	65 °F		0.107	0.107	0
Coefficient of Expansion	65 °F		0	0	0	Actual Value = 6.5E-6.
Weight	Temp	Time	XMIN	XMAX	Σ	Notes
Density	32 °F		490	490	0

Performance

Energy

No Data

Environmental

No Data

Composition

No Data

Standard and Non-Standard Tests

Type	Title	Source	Date	Properties
Standard Test	Tension Test	ASTM Standards in Building Codes - Volume 1 - 2010 - A370-09a		Ductility : Strain
Standard Test	Standard Test for Young's Modulus, Tangent Modulus, and Chord Modulus	ASTM Standards in Building Codes - Volume 4 - 2010 - E111-04