ASEP STEEL HANDBOOK Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. Unit T-10, New Manila Condominium 21 .N. Domingo St., Quezon CityThe information included in this publication has been prepared on generally accepted engineering principles and provisions of applicable codes and standard specifications for steel construction, While the information fourd herein is believed to be accurate, the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines, Inc, strongly recommends that competent professional judgement and verification of the accuracy, suitability and applicability of the given information for the specific application shall be utilized. Anyone making use of this information assumes all liability arising from such use. ASEP STEEL HANDBOOK Copyright @1994 by Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. (ASEP} Unit T-10, New Manila Condominium 21 N. Domingo St., Quezon City All rights reserved. Printed in the Philippines. This book or any part thereof must not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher. ASEP Steel Handbook wii =PREFACE The Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines, Inc., (ASEP) is a non-profit organization founded in 1961 with the primary objective of upgrading the practice of structural engineering in the Philippines. As part of its efforts to meet this objective, the association published the Handbook of Steel Shapes and Sections in 1987. The main purpose of the original publication was to provide local practitioners, suppliers, and fabricators with a set of produced steel products. With the handbook, the need of substitutions due to unavailability and its corresponding cost and delay can thus be reduced or eliminated. Alternatively, it may be used to select substitute sections designed using otf er design manuals and tables. A second purpose for the publication was to provide the local practitioner with a design aid in International System of Units (Sl) compatible with the National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP}. This publicatio 1, ASEP Stee! Handbook, represents the second edition of the 1987 handbook. While its purpose and objectives are basically identical to those of the original publication, changes in the local steel market conditions as well as in design practices and technology necessitated revisions in the shapes and sections. Majov revisions include, for one, modification in the thickness of plates and sheets used for the fabricated shapes to work towards the establishment of a truly metric standard rather than a metricized equivalent of english unit standards, Secondly, in an ffort to work towards compatibility to current international standards and practices the rolled shape sections have been considerably expanded to include locally available imported sections and metal deck sections has been added. Thirdly, in an effort to increase the usefulness of the handbook, design examples has been added while retaining the design table and data in the original publication. In the preparation of this second edition, both solicited and unsolicited comments and suggestions coming from suppliers and fabricators, as well as designers, were instrumental to some of the revisions presented. As future periodic revisions of this Steel Handbook by a responsible technical committee is expected, comments, corrections, recommendations, additions, deletions and any other relevant information which may be used to improving this handbook continue to be welcomed by the association. Such comments are assured to receive the same careful consideration by the technical committee. FIDEL R. SARAUSAD. Overall Committee Chairman and Vice-President (1994-1995) Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines ASEP Steel Handbook iit.