ASTM A572/A572M-03

Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers five grades of high-strength low-alloy structural steel shapes, plates, sheet piling, and bars. Grades 42 [290], 50 [345], and 55 [380] are intended for riveted, bolted, or welded structures. Grades 60 [415] and 65 [450] are intended for riveted or bolted construction of bridges, or for riveted, bolted, or welded construction in other applications.
1.2 For applications, such as welded bridge construction, where notch toughness is important, notch toughness requirements are to be negotiated between the purchaser and the producer.
1.3 The use of columbium, vanadium, titanium, nitrogen, or combinations thereof, within the limitations noted in Section 5, is required; the selection of type (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) is at the option of the producer, unless otherwise specified by the purchaser. (See Supplementary Requirement S90.)
1.4 The maximum thicknesses available in the grades and products covered by this specification are shown in Table 1.
1.5 When the steel is to be welded, a welding procedure suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service is to be utilized. See Appendix X3 of Specification A 6/A 6M for information on weldability.
1.6 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to be used independently of the other, without combining values in any way.
1.7 The text of this specification contains notes or footnotes, or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain any mandatory requirements.
1.8 For structural products cut from coiled product, the additional requirements, including additional testing requirements and the reporting of additional tests, of A 6/A 6M apply.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Apr-2003
• ICS: 77.140.10 - Heat-treatable steels
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.02 - Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock and Ships

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A572/A572M-02 - Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM A572/A572M-03a - Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel
• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D3966/D3966M-22 - Standard Test Methods for Deep Foundation Elements Under Static Lateral Load
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM A1075-12(2022) - Standard Specification for Flanged Steel U-Channel Posts
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM A709/A709M-21 - Standard Specification for Structural Steel for Bridges
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D5973-97(2017) - Standard Specification for Elastomeric Strip Seals with Steel Locking Edge Rails Used in Expansion Joint Sealing
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D5977-23 - Standard Specification for High Load Rotational Spherical Bearings for Bridges and Structures
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM A1097/A1097M-22 - Standard Specification for Steel Casing Pipe, Carbon, Electric-Fusion (Arc)-Welded (NPS 10 and Larger)
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM A1018/A1018M-23 - Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Heavy-Thickness Coils, Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Commercial, Drawing, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy, High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, and Ultra-High Strength
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM A950/A950M-11(2023) - Standard Specification for Fusion-Bonded Epoxy-Coated Structural Steel H-Piles and Sheet Piling
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM A786/A786M-15(2021) - Standard Specification for Hot-Rolled Carbon, Low-Alloy, High-Strength Low-Alloy, and Alloy Steel Floor Plates
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM A1123/A1123M-22 - Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Laser and Laser-Hybrid Welded, Sharp-Cornered Profile (SCP), Built-Up, Square, Rectangular, and Special Shape Tube
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D7055-19 - Standard Practice for Preparation (by Abrasive Blast Cleaning) of Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Panels for Testing of Coatings
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM A328/A328M-13a(2018) - Standard Specification for Steel Sheet Piling
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1802-23 - Standard Specification for Design, Testing, Manufacture, Selection, and Installation of Horizontal Fabricated Metal Access Hatches for Utility, Water, and Wastewater Structures
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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American Association State
Designation: A 572/A 572M – 03
Highway and Transportation
Officals Standard
AASHTO No.: M223
Standard Specification for
High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural
1
Steel
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 572/A 572M; 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 (e) 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* 1.8 For structural products produced from coil and fur-
nished without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, the
1.1 This specification covers five grades of high-strength
additional requirements, including additional testing require-
low-alloy structural steel shapes, plates, sheet piling, and bars.
ments and the reporting of additional tests, of A 6/A 6M apply.
Grades 42 [290], 50 [345], and 55 [380] are intended for
riveted, bolted, or welded structures. Grades 60 [415] and 65
2. Referenced Documents
[450] are intended for riveted or bolted construction of bridges,
2.1 ASTM Standards:
or for riveted, bolted, or welded construction in other applica-
A 6/A 6M Specification for General Requirements for
tions.
Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet
1.2 For applications, such as welded bridge construction,
2
Piling
where notch toughness is important, notch toughness require-
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A 36/A 36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
ments are to be negotiated between the purchaser and the
A 514/A 514M Specification for High-Yield Strength,
producer.
Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Plate, Suitable for
1.3 The use of columbium, vanadium, titanium, nitrogen, or
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Welding
combinations thereof, within the limitations noted in Section 5,
is required; the selection of type (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) is at the option
3. General Requirements for Delivery
of the producer, unless otherwise specified by the purchaser.
3.1 Structural products furnished under this specification
(See Supplementary Requirement S90.)
shall conform to the requirements of the current edition of
1.4 The maximum thicknesses available in the grades and
Specification A 6/A 6M, for the specific structural product
products covered by this specification are shown in Table 1.
ordered, unless a conflict exists in which case this specification
1.5 When the steel is to be welded, a welding procedure
shall prevail.
suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service is to
3.2 Coils are excluded from qualification to this specifica-
be utilized. See Appendix X3 of Specification A 6/A 6M for
tion until they are processed into a finished structural product.
information on weldability.
Structural products produced from coil means structural prod-
1.6 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
ucts that have been cut to individual lengths from a coil. The
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
processor directly controls, or is responsible for, the operations
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
involved in the processing of a coil into a finished structural
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to
product. Such operations include decoiling, leveling or
be used independently of the other, without combining values
straightening, hot-forming or cold-forming (if applicable),
in any way.
cutting to length, testing, inspection, conditioning, heat treat-
1.7 The text of this specification contains notes or footnotes,
ment (if applicable), packaging, marking, loading for shipment,
or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and
and certification.
footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain
any mandatory requirements.
NOTE 1—For structural products produced from coil and furnished
without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, two test results are to
be reported for each qualifying coil. Additional requirements regarding
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
structural products produced from coil are described in A 6/A 6M.
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys, and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.02 on Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock, and Ships.
Current edition approved April 10, 2003. Published June 2003. Originally
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approved in 1966. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as A 572/A 572M – 02. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.04.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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American Association State
Designation:A 572/A 572M–02 Designation: A 572/A 572M – 03 Highway and Transportation
Officals Standard
AASHTO No.: M223
Standard Specification for
High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural
1
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 (e) 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*
1.1 This specification covers five grades of high-strength low-alloy structural steel shapes, plates, sheet piling, and bars. Grades
42 [290], 50 [345], and 55 [380] are intended for riveted, bolted, or welded structures. Grades 60 [415] and 65 [450] are intended
for riveted or bolted construction of bridges, or for riveted, bolted, or welded construction in other applications.
1.2 For applications, such as welded bridge construction, where notch toughness is important, notch toughness requirements are
to be negotiated between the purchaser and the producer.
1.3 The use of columbium, vanadium, titanium, nitrogen, or combinations thereof, within the limitations noted in Section 5, is
required; the selection of type (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) is at the option of the producer, unless otherwise specified by the purchaser. (See
Supplementary Requirement S90.)
1.4 The maximum thicknesses available in the grades and products covered by this specification are shown in Table 1.
1.5 When the steel is to be welded, a welding procedure suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service is to be
utilized. See Appendix X3 of Specification A 6/A 6M for information on weldability.
1.6 Thevaluesstatedineitherinch-poundunitsorSIunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Withinthetext,theSIunits
are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to be used
independently of the other, without combining values in any way.
1.7 The text of this specification contains notes or footnotes, or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and
footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain any mandatory requirements.
1.8Forstructuralproductscutfromcoiledproduct,theadditionalrequirements,includingadditionaltestingrequirementsandthe
reporting of additional tests, of A 6/A 6M apply.
1.8 For structural products produced from coil and furnished without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, the additional
requirements, including additional testing requirements and the reporting of additional tests, of A 6/A 6M apply.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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A 6/A 6M Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
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A 36/A 36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
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A 514/A 514M Specification for High-Yield Strength, Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Plate, Suitable for Welding
3. General Requirements for Delivery
3.1Material furnished under this specification shall conform to the applicable requirements of the current edition of Specification
A6/A6M, for the ordered material, unless a conflict exists in which case this specification shall prevail.
3.1.1Coiled product is excluded from qualification to this specification until leveled and cut to length. Structural products
produced from coil means structural products that have been cut to individual lengths from a coiled product and are furnished
without heat treatment. The processor decoils, levels, cuts to length, and marks the product. The processor is responsible for
performing and certifying all tests, examinations, repairs, inspections, or operations not intended to affect the properties of the
material. For structural products produced from coils, two test results shall be reported for each qualifying coil (Note 1). General
Requirements for Delivery
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM CommitteeA01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys, and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeA01.02
on Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock, and Ships.
Current edition approved DecApril 10, 2002.2003. Published June 2003. Originally approved in 1966. Last previous edition approved in 20012002 as A 572/
A 572M – 012.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.04.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end o
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