AMERICAN STANDARDS FOR REFERENCE

American standards for reference

The following American standards are published by the American Institute of Steel Construction, Chicago, Illinois; the American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C.; the American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; the American Welding Society, Miami, Florida, United States of America.

American standards on design of steel tructures

AISC 305-2005 Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges

ANSI/AISC 360-2005 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings

American standards on steel materials
API 5L–2004 Specification for line pipe
ASTM A 36–2005 Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
ASTM A 53–2007 Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
ASTM A 109–2003   Standard Specification for Steel, Strip, Carbon (0.25 Maximum Percent), Cold-Rolled
ASTM A 242–2004  Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel
ASTM A 268–2005a  Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Ferritic and Martensitic
Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
ASTM A 283–2003(07)  Standard Specification for Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates
ASTM A 308–2006 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Terne (Lead-Tin Alloy) Coated by the Hot-Dip Process 
ASTM A 333–2005 Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Steel Pipe for Low-Temperature
Service
ASTM A 423–1995(04)   Standard Specification for Seamless and Electric-Welded Low-Alloy Steel Tubes
ASTM A 500–2007 Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel
Structural Tubing in Rounds and Shapes
ASTM A 501–2007  Standard Specification for Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel
Structural Tubing
ASTM A 514–2005  Standard Specification for High-Yield-Strength, Quenched and Tempered Alloy
Steel Plate, Suitable for Welding
ASTM A 529–2005   Standard Specification for High-Strength Carbon-Manganese Steel of Structural Quality
ASTM A 572–2007 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel

ASTM A 573–2005   Standard Specification for Structural Carbon Steel Plates of Improved Toughness
ASTM A 588–2005  Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel with 50 ksi
[345 MPa] Minimum Yield Point to 4–in. [100–mm] Thick
ASTM A 595–2006 Standard Specification for Steel Tubes, Low-Carbon or High-Strength Low-Alloy,
Tapered for Structural Use
ASTM A 606–2004 Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-
Rolled and Cold-Rolled, with Improved Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance
ASTM A 618–2004 Standard Specification for Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless High-Strength
Low-Alloy Structural Tubing.

ASTM A 653–2007  Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) or Zinc-Iron
Alloy-Coated (Galvannealed) by the Hot-Dip Process
ASTM A 673–2007  Standard Specification for Sampling Procedure for Impact Testing of Structural Steel
ASTM A 709–2007 Standard Specification for Structural Steel for Bridges
ASTM A 792–2006a Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, 55 % Aluminum-Zinc Alloy-Coated by the
Hot-Dip Process
ASTM A 847–2005 Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless High-Strength,
Low- Alloy Structural Tubing with Improved Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance
ASTM A 852–2003(07)  Standard Specification for Quenched and Tempered Low-Alloy Structural Steel
Plate with 70 ksi [485 MPa] Minimum Yield Strength to 4 in. [100 mm] Thick
ASTM A 871–2001 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate With
Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance
ASTM A 875–2006 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc-5 % Aluminum Alloy-Coated by the
Hot-Dip Process
ASTM A 913–2007 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Shapes of Structural
Quality, Produced by Quenching and Self-Tempering Process (QST)
ASTM A 945–2006   Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with Low
Carbon and Restricted Sulfur for Improved Weldability, Formability, and Toughness
ASTM A 992–2006  Standard Specification for Structural Steel Shapes
ASTM A 1003–2005 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Carbon, Metallic- and Nonmetallic-
Coated for Cold-Formed Framing Members
ASTM A 1008–2007   Steel, Sheet, Cold-Rolled, Carbon, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy, High-Strength
Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, Solution Hardened, and Bake Hardenable.

ASTM A 1011–2007  Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Structural,
High-Strength Low-Alloy and High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability
American standards on manufacturing tolerances
ASTM A 6–2007  Standard Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel
Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
ASTM A 450–2007 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and
Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
ASTM A 568–2007  Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet, Carbon, Structural, and High-Strength,
Low- Alloy, Hot-Rolled and Cold-Rolled, General Requirements for
ASTM A 924–2007  Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Sheet, Metallic-
Coated by the Hot-Dip Process
ASTM A 999–2004   Standard Specification for General Requirements for Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe.

American standards on bolting assemblies
Non-preloaded assemblies
ASTM A 193–2007  Standard Specification for Alloy-Steel and Stainless Steel Bolting Materials for
High-Temperature Service
ASTM A 194–2007b  Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts for Bolts for High
Pressure or High Temperature Service, or Both
ASTM A 307–2007b   Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts and Studs, 60 000 psi Tensile Strength

ASTM A 325–2007a  Standard Specification for Structural Bolts, Steel, Heat Treated 830 MPa
Minimum Tensile Strength [Metric]
ASTM A 354–2007a  Standard Specification for Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Bolts, Studs,
and Other Externally Threaded Fasteners
ASTM A 449–2007b  Standard Specification for Hex Cap Screws, Bolts and Studs, Steel, Heat
Treated, 120/105/90 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength, General Use
ASTM A 490–2006  Standard Specification for High-Strength Steel Bolts, Classes 10.9 and 10.9.3,
for Structural Steel Joints [Metric]
ASTM A 563–2007a  Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts [Metric]
ASTM F 436–2007a  Standard Specification for Hardened Steel Washers
Preloaded assemblies
ASTM A 193–2007  Standard Specification for Alloy-Steel and Stainless Steel Bolting Materials for
High-Temperature Service
ASTM A 194–2007b  Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts for Bolts for High
Pressure or High Temperature Service, or Both
ASTM A 354–2007a  Standard Specification for Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Bolts, Studs,
and Other Externally Threaded Fasteners
ASTM A 563–2007a  Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts [Metric]
ASTM F 436–2007a  Standard Specification for Hardened Steel Washers
ASTM F 959–2007a  Standard Specification for Compressible-Washer-Type Direct Tension Indicators
for Use with Structural Fasteners [Metric]
ASTM F 1852–2007   Standard Specification for “Twist Off” Type Tension Control Structural Bolt/Nut/
Washer Assemblies, Steel, Heat Treated, 120/105 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength

 American standards on welding consumables
AWS D1.3–1998  Structural welding code – Sheet steel
AWS A5.1–2004 Specifications for carbon steel electrodes for shielded metal arc-welding
 American standards on profiled steel sheets
ASTM A 606–2004 Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-
Rolled and Cold-Rolled, with Improved Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance
ASTM A 653–2007  Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) or Zinc-Iron
Alloy-Coated (Galvannealed) by the Hot-Dip Process
 American standards on shear stud connectors
 ASTM A 29–2005 Standard Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon and Alloy, Hot-Wrought, General
Requirements for
 AWS D 1.1–2004 Structural Welding Code – Steel