Team Stainless has published stainless steel design tables. These will make it much easier and faster for engineers to design with structural stainless steel, thus removing a barrier to its specification.
The tables have been developed to complement the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Design Guide DG27: Structural Stainless Steel. Published in 2013, DG27 specified AISC design recommendations for hot-rolled or welded structural austenitic, duplex and precipitation hardening stainless steel sections (i.e. 0.125 inch or 3 mm in thickness or greater). It includes open sections, such as I-beams, channels and angles, and rectangular and round hollow sections made from austenitic and duplex stainless steel. It also covers tension members, fittings and fasteners made from all three alloy families.
Sponsored by Team Stainless and published by the Steel Construction Institute (SCI), the tables cover the most common structural sections available in North America, giving section properties and member capacities in accordance with DG27.
