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Spec 1928w
Spec 1928w
STANDARD SPECIFICATION
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF
STEEL CONSTRUCTION
Gentlemen:
GEORGE F. SWAIN
MILO S. KETCHUM
E. R. GRAHAM
W. J. THOMAS
June 1st 1923 WILBUR J. WATSON
8 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
2. GENERAL
To obtain a satisfactory structure, the following major requirements
must be fulfilled.
(a) The material used must be suitable, of uniform quality, and
without defects affecting the strength or service of the structure.
(b) Proper loads and conditions must be assumed in the design.
(c) The unit stresses must be suitable for the material used.
(d) The workmanship must be good, so t h a t defects or injuries are not
produced in the manufacture.
(e) The computations and design must be properly made so t h a t the
unit stresses specified shall not be exceeded, and the structure and its details
shall possess the requisite strength and rigidity.
3. MATERIAL
Structural steel shall conform to the Standard Specifications of the
American Society for Testing Materials for Structural Steel for Buildings,
Serial Designation A 9-21, as amended to date.
4. LOADING
(a) Steel structures shall be designed to sustain the dead weight imposed
upon them, including t h e weight of t h e steel frame itself, and, in addition,
the maximum live load as specified in each particular case. Proper provision
shall be made for temporary stresses caused by erection.
(b) In cases where live loads have the effect of producing impact or
vibration, a proper percentage shall be added t o the static live load stresses
to provide for such influences, so that the total stress found in any member
is an equivalent static stress.
(c) Proper provision shall be made for stresses caused by wind both
during erection and after completion of t h e building. T h e wind pressure is
dependent upon t h e conditions of exposure, but the allowable stresses specified
in section five (5), paragraphs (f) and (g), are based upon t h e steel frame
being designed to carry a wind pressure of not less than twenty (20) pounds
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per square foot on the vertical projection of exposed surfaces during erection,
and fifteen (15) pounds per square foot on the vertical projection of the
finished structure.
(d) Proper provision shall be made to securely fasten the reaction points
of all steel construction and transmit the stresses to the foundations of the
structure.
5. ALLOWABLE STRESSES
All parts of the structure shall be so proportioned t h a t the sum of the
maximum static stresses in pounds per sq. in. shall not exceed the following:
(a) T e n s i o n .
Rolled Steel, on net section 18000
On the area of the nominal diameter of rivets under the limitations
defined in Section 13, Paragraph e 13500
(b) Compression.
Rolled Steel, on short lengths or where lateral deflection is prevented. 18000
On gross section of columns,
18000
I2
1 +
18000r 2
with a maximum of 15000
in which / is the unsupported length of the column, and r is the
corresponding least radius of gyration of the section, both in inches.
For main compression members, the ratio l/r shall not exceed 120,
and for bracing and other secondary members, 200.
(c) Bending.
On extreme fibres of rolled shapes, and built up sections, net
section, if lateral deflection is prevented 18000
When the unsupported length / exceeds 15 times b, the width
of the compression flange, the stress in pounds per sq. in. in the latter
shall not exceed
20000
I2
1
+ 2000£ 2
The laterally unsupported length of beams and girders shall not
exceed 40 times b the width of the compression flange.
On extreme fibres of pins, when the forces are assumed as acting
at the center of gravity of the pieces 27000
(d) Shearing.
On pins 13500
On power-driven rivets 13500
On turned bolts in reamed holes with a clearance of not more than
1/50 of an inch. ; 13500
On hand-driven rivets 10000
On unfinished bolts . . . ." 10000
•revised Nov. 1st, 1928.
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On the gross area of the webs of beams and girders, where h, the
height between flanges in inches, is not more than 60 times t, the
thickness of the web in inches 12000
On the gross area of the webs of beams and girders if the web is
not stiffened where A, the height between flanges in inches, is more
than 60 times t, the thickness of the web, the maximum shear per
V
square inch, ~~r~" shall not exceed
18000
- £ *2-
11 ++ 7200
In Which V is the total shear, and A is gross area of web in square
inches.
(e) Bearing.
Double Single
Shear Shear
On pins 30000 24000
On power-driven rivets 30000 24000
On turned bolts in reamed holes 30000 24000
On hand-driven rivets 20000 16000
On unfinished bolts 20000 16000
On expansion rollers per lineal inch 600 times the diameter
of the roller in inches.
(f) Combined Stresses. For combined stresses due to wind and other
loads, the permissible working stress may be increased 33}{%, provided the
section thus found is not less than that required by the dead and live loads
alone.
6. SYMMETRICAL MEMBERS.
Sections shall preferably be symmetrical.
(b) Plate girder webs shall have a thickness of not less than 1-160 of
the unsupported distance between the flanges.
(c) Web splices shall consist of a plate on each side of the web capable
of transmitting the full stress through the splice rivets.
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8. COLUMN BASES.
9. EXCENTRIC LOADING.
to sustain stress giving the largest section, with 5 0 % of the smaller stress
added to it. If the reversal of stress is due to the action of wind, the member
shall be designed for the stress giving the largest section and the connections
proportioned for the largest stress.
11. ABUTTING JOINTS.
Compression members when faced for bearings shall be spliced sufficiently
to hold the connecting members accurately in place. Other joints in riveted
work, whether in tension or compression, shall be fully spliced.
12. NET SECTIONS.
(a) In calculating tension members, the net section shall be used, and
in deducting the rivet holes they shall be taken yi inch greater in diameter
than the nominal diameter of the rivets.
(b) Pin-connected tension members shall have the section through the
pinhole 2 5 % in excess of the net section of the member, and a net section
back of the pin hole equal to 7 5 % of t h a t required through the pin hole.
inches for \yi inch rivets, 4 inches for 1}4 inch rivets, 3}4 inches for 1 inch
rivets, 3 inches for yk inch rivets, 2)4 inches for YA inch rivets, 2 inches for
$i inch rivets, and 1 ^ inches for yZ inch rivets. The maximum pitch in the
line of stress of compression members composed of plates and shapes shall
not exceed 16 times the thinnest outside plate or shape, nor 20 times the
thinnest enclosed plate or shape with a maximum of 12 inches, and at right
angles to the direction of stress the distance between lines of rivets shall not
exceed 30 times the thinnest plate or shape. For angles in built sections
with two gage lines, with rivets staggered, the maximum pitch in the line of
stress in each gage line shall not exceed 24 times the thinnest plate with a
maximum of 18 inches.
(b) In tension members composed of two angles, a pitch of 3'-6" will be
allowed, and in compression members, 2'-0", but the ratio l/r for each angle
between rivets shall not be more than yi of t h a t for the whole member.
(c) The pitch of rivets at the ends of built compression members shall
not exceed four diameters of the rivets for a length equal to 1}4 times the
maximum width of the member.
(d) The minimum distance from the center of any rivet hole to a sheared
edge shall be 2% inches for 1*4 inch rivets, 2 inches for 1}£ inch rivets, 1}4
inches for 1 inch rivets, 1}4 inches for 1/& inch rivets, 1J4 inches for $4 inch
rivets, l}i inches for $4 inch rivets, and 1 inch for *4 inch rivets. The
maximum distance from any edge shall be 12 times the thickness of the
plate, but shall not exceed 6 inches.
15. CONNECTIONS.
(a) Connections carrying calculated stresses except for lacing, sag bars,
or angles, hand rails, or beam connections, shall not have less than 2 rivets;
or for field connections not less than 3 rivets.
(b) Members meeting at a joint shall have their lines of center of gravity
meet at a point if practicable; if not, provision shall be made for any ex-
centricity.
(c) The rivets at the ends of any member transmitting the stresses into
t h a t member should have their centers of gravity in the line of the center of
gravity of the member; if not, provision shall be made for the effect of the
resulting excentricit>. Pins may be so placed as to counteract the effect of
bending due to dead load.
(d) When a beam or girder " A " is connected to another member in
such a manner t h a t " A " acts as a continuous or fixed end beam, proper
provision shall be made for the bending moments at such a connection.
(e) Where stress is transmitted from one piece to another, through a
loose filler, t h e number of rivets shall be properly increased; tight-fitting
fillers shall be preferred.
16. LATTICE.
(a) The open sides of compression members shall be provided with lat-
tice having tie plates at each end and at intermediate points if the lattice is
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17. EXPANSION.
Proper provision shall be made for expansion and contraction.
20. WORKMANSHIP.
(a) All workmanship shall be equal to the best practice in modern struc-
tural shops.
(b) Drifting to enlarge unfair holes shall not be permitted.
(c) The several pieces forming built sections shall be straight and fit
close together; and finished members shall be free from twists, bends, or
open joints.
(d) Rolled sections, except for minor details, shall not be heated.
(e) Wherever steel castings are used, they shall be properly annealed.
(f) Punching. Material may be punched Ye inch larger than the
nominal diameter of the rivets, whenever the thickness of the metal is equal
to or less than the diameter of the rivets, plus yi inch. When the metal is
thicker than the diameter of the rivet, plus }i inch, the holes shall be drilled,
or sub-punched and reamed.
*(g) Rivets are to be driven hot, and wherever practicable, by power.
Rivet heads shall be of hemispherical shape and uniform size throughout the
work for the same size rivet, full, neatly finished, and concentric with the
holes. Rivets, after driving, shall be tight, completely filling the holes,
and with heads in full contact with the surface. Rivets shall be heated
uniformly and their temperature before driving should not exceed 1950° F .
which is a light yellow color. A gun should not be used for driving after the
temperature is below 1000° F., which is a blood red color.
(h) Compression joints depending upon contact bearing shall have the
bearing surfaces truly faced after the members are riveted. All other joints
shall be cut or dressed true and straight, especially where exposed to view.
*(i) The use of a cutting torch is permissible if the metal being cut is
not carrying stresses during the operation. Stresses shall not be transmitted
through a flame cut surface. The radius of re-entrant flame cut fillets shall
be as large as possible, but never less than 1". To determine the net area
of members so cut, }i" shall be deducted from the flame cut edges.
21. PAINTING.
*(a) Parts not in contact, but inaccessible after assembling, shall be
properly protected by paint. Surfaces to be riveted in contact shall not be
painted.
(b) All steel work, except where encased in concrete, shall be thoroughly
cleaned and given one coat of acceptable metal protection well worked into
the joints and open spaces.
(c) Machine finished surfaces shall be protected against corrosion.
(d) Field painting is a phase of maintenance, but it is important t h a t
unless otherwise properly protected, all steel work shall after erection be
protected by a field coat of good paint applied by a competent painter.
*revised Nov. 1st, 1928.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF S T E E L CONSTRUCTION, INC.
22. ERECTION.
(a) The frame of all steel skeleton buildings shall be carried up true and
plumb, and temporary bracing shall be introduced wherever necessary to
take care of all loads to which the structure may be subjected, including
erection equipment, and the operation of same. Such bracing shall be left
in place as long as may be required for safety.
(b) As erection progresses the work shall be securely bolted up to take
care of all dead load, wind and erection stresses.
(c) Wherever piles of material, erection equipment, or other loads are
carried during erection, proper provision shall be made to take care of stresses
resulting from the same.
(d) No riveting shall be done until the structure has been properly
aligned.
(e) Rivets driven in the field shall be heated and driven with the same
care as those driven in the shop.
23. INSPECTION.
(a) Material and workmanship at all times shall be subject to the in-
spection of experienced engineers representing the purchaser.
(b) Material or workmanship not conforming to the provisions of this
Specification shall be rejected at any time defects are found during the progress
of the work.
(c) The Contractor furnishing such material or doing such work shall
promptly replace the same.
(d) All inspection as far as possible shall be made at the place of manu-
facture, and the Contractor or Manufacturer shall co-operate with the In-
spector, permitting access for inspection to all places where work is being
done.