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The library distinguishes product standards (what the steel is), design standards (how members are designed) and fabrication standards (how steelwork is made and erected).
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Product standards
AU AS/NZS 3679.1:2016 Product
Structural steel – Part 1: Hot-rolled bars and sections
Chemical composition, mechanical properties and tolerances for hot-rolled structural steel bars and sections (UB, UC, PFC, angles, flats, rounds).
Applies to:
UB UC PFC EA UA T FB RB
Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand · Unverified confirm current edition and amendments
AU AS/NZS 3679.2:2016 Product
Structural steel – Part 2: Welded I sections
Requirements for welded I sections (WB, WC) produced from plate.
Applies to:
WB WC
Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand · Unverified confirm current edition and amendments
AU AS/NZS 1163:2016 Product
Cold-formed structural steel hollow sections
Cold-formed, electric resistance welded circular, square and rectangular hollow sections and their grades (C250L0, C350L0, C450L0).
Applies to:
CHS RHS SHS
Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand · Unverified confirm current edition and amendments
AU AS/NZS 3678:2016 Product
Structural steel – Hot-rolled plates, floorplates and slabs
Hot-rolled structural steel plates, floorplates and slabs, grades 250, 300, 350, 400 and others.
Applies to:
PL BUC
Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand · Unverified confirm current edition and amendments
Design standards
Steel structures
Limit state design of steel structural members and connections (hot-rolled, welded and hollow sections).
Applies to:
UB UC PFC EA UA CHS RHS SHS T WB WC FB RB PL BUC
Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand · Unverified confirm current edition and amendments
AU AS/NZS 4600:2018 Design
Cold-formed steel structures
Design of cold-formed steel structural members such as C and Z purlins and lipped channels.
Applies to:
C Z LC
Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand · Unverified confirm current edition and amendments
Fabrication standards
AU AS/NZS 5131:2016 Fabrication
Structural steelwork – Fabrication and erection
Fabrication, erection, inspection and documentation of structural steelwork, using Construction Categories CC1 to CC4.
Applies to:
UB UC PFC EA UA CHS RHS SHS T WB WC FB RB PL BUC
Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand · Unverified confirm current edition and amendments
Steel grades
Grade Standard Product form
Thickness range → fy / fu (MPa) Data
AU C250L0AS/NZS 1163:2016 Cold-formed hollow sections
0–50 mm: 250 / 320
U
AU C350L0AS/NZS 1163:2016 Cold-formed hollow sections
0–50 mm: 350 / 430
U
AU C450L0AS/NZS 1163:2016 Cold-formed hollow sections
0–50 mm: 450 / 500
U
AU 250AS/NZS 3678:2016 Hot-rolled plate
0–8 mm: 280 / 410 8–12 mm: 260 / 410 12–50 mm: 250 / 410 50–80 mm: 240 / 410 80–150 mm: 230 / 400
U
AU 300AS/NZS 3678:2016 Hot-rolled plate
0–8 mm: 320 / 430 8–12 mm: 310 / 430 12–20 mm: 300 / 430 20–50 mm: 280 / 430 50–80 mm: 270 / 430 80–150 mm: 260 / 430
U
AU 350AS/NZS 3678:2016 Hot-rolled plate
0–12 mm: 360 / 450 12–20 mm: 350 / 450 20–80 mm: 340 / 450 80–150 mm: 330 / 450
U
AU 300AS/NZS 3679.1:2016 Hot-rolled sections and bars
0–11 mm: 320 / 440 11–17 mm: 300 / 440 17–200 mm: 280 / 440
U
AU 350AS/NZS 3679.1:2016 Hot-rolled sections and bars
0–11 mm: 360 / 480 11–40 mm: 340 / 480 40–200 mm: 330 / 480
U
AU 300AS/NZS 3679.2:2016 Welded I sections
0–8 mm: 320 / 430 8–12 mm: 310 / 430 12–20 mm: 300 / 430 20–50 mm: 280 / 430 50–80 mm: 270 / 430
U
Grade strengths are entered for reference and marked UNVERIFIED until checked against the current edition. Always use the mill certificate and the current standard for design.