Steel Design Quizzes 1-4
Metallurgy - Answer-In the Nucor-Yamato tour, the workers took samples of molten steel from the LMF.
What dies the M in LMF stand for?
Electric Arc Furnace - Answer-Which type of furnace is the most common nowadays?
2350F-2400F - Answer-What temperature is steel reheated to prior to finishing?
Pig Iron - Answer-Which type of iron is used in the production of steel?
Billets - Answer-Which rough section is most likely to be rolled into rebar?
35% - Answer-If the Sears Tower in Chicago was redesigned today, it would require less steel because of
advances in design specifications. By percentage of weight, how much less?
Fy=35
Fu=60 - Answer-Per the AISC Steel Construction Manual, what is the yield stress and tensile strength of
structural pipe?
Fy=32
Fu=58 - Answer-Per the AISC Steel Construction Manual, what would be the proper yield stress and
tensile strength to use for the design of 10" steel plate?
, A1085
A500 Gr.B
A500 Gr. C - Answer-Per the AISC Steel Construction Manual, which of the following grades of steel
would be appropriate for a rectangular HSS?
A588
A709-50W - Answer-Which of the following grades of steel are corrosion resistant?
A588
A709-50
A572-50
A514
A709-50W
Power tools - Answer-Per SSPC Standards, a surface preparation classified as "SSPC-SP-3" is cleaned
using
18.7" - Answer-The nominal depth of a W14x426 is 14". What is the actual depth of a W14x426?
0.465 - Answer-What is the design wall thickness of an HSS 12x10x1/2?
ASD - Answer-Which design approach is the AREMA specification built around?
2.28 - Answer-Assuming a normal statistical distribution, what percentage of the data set is excluded
"below" the PDF by looking at two standard deviations to the left and two standard deviations to the
right of the mean value?
0.0233 - Answer-What is the probability of failure associated with β value of 3.5?
Metallurgy - Answer-In the Nucor-Yamato tour, the workers took samples of molten steel from the LMF.
What dies the M in LMF stand for?
Electric Arc Furnace - Answer-Which type of furnace is the most common nowadays?
2350F-2400F - Answer-What temperature is steel reheated to prior to finishing?
Pig Iron - Answer-Which type of iron is used in the production of steel?
Billets - Answer-Which rough section is most likely to be rolled into rebar?
35% - Answer-If the Sears Tower in Chicago was redesigned today, it would require less steel because of
advances in design specifications. By percentage of weight, how much less?
Fy=35
Fu=60 - Answer-Per the AISC Steel Construction Manual, what is the yield stress and tensile strength of
structural pipe?
Fy=32
Fu=58 - Answer-Per the AISC Steel Construction Manual, what would be the proper yield stress and
tensile strength to use for the design of 10" steel plate?
, A1085
A500 Gr.B
A500 Gr. C - Answer-Per the AISC Steel Construction Manual, which of the following grades of steel
would be appropriate for a rectangular HSS?
A588
A709-50W - Answer-Which of the following grades of steel are corrosion resistant?
A588
A709-50
A572-50
A514
A709-50W
Power tools - Answer-Per SSPC Standards, a surface preparation classified as "SSPC-SP-3" is cleaned
using
18.7" - Answer-The nominal depth of a W14x426 is 14". What is the actual depth of a W14x426?
0.465 - Answer-What is the design wall thickness of an HSS 12x10x1/2?
ASD - Answer-Which design approach is the AREMA specification built around?
2.28 - Answer-Assuming a normal statistical distribution, what percentage of the data set is excluded
"below" the PDF by looking at two standard deviations to the left and two standard deviations to the
right of the mean value?
0.0233 - Answer-What is the probability of failure associated with β value of 3.5?
