Although it’s been around for a couple years, there's still a great deal of unfamiliarity surrounding the ASTM A1085 HSS spec. In an effort to continue to educate engineers about the applications and benefits of HSS (and that really is our mission at Atlas Tube), let’s compare a few of the properties that set ASTM A1085 apart from ASTM A500- 23...
Read moreLast week, Atlas Tube attended Structures Congress 2015 in Portland, Oregon. Surrounded by 1,200 structural engineers and industry professionals, Structures Congress offers a variety of technical sessions and networking sessions ideal for learning about new design metho...
Read moreIt’s that time of year again! October 4th is fast approaching, and t...
Read moreHollow structural sections (HSS) produced to ASTM A1085 will consist of additional features to make it a premium product with a higher level of perf...
Read moreIn this installment of Designing with HSS, I will introduce ASTM A 1085, the new hollow structural section (HSS) specification, and why it was developed. ASTM A 1085 was developed to address performance issues related to HSS used in seismic and bridge applications and to make HSS more economical and efficient, raising the bar for construc...
Read moreHollow Structural Sections (HSS) have always been a popular, economical structural steel section amongst structural engineers, particularly when used as lateral bracing in the lateral load resisting system, in long-spans or tall unbraced columns. The ASTM A500 specification, which has been the most common HSS specification used in the US, pres...
Read moreThis year, Atlas Tube exhibited at both the North American Steel Construction Conference (NASCC) on April 17-19 in St. Louis and the ASCE Structures Congress on May 2-4 in Pittsburgh. Both conferences were well attended, with NASCC attracting nearly 3800 engineers, students, service centers, fabricators, detailers an...
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