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CURRENT
Last verified
2026-09-06
ASTM International · STANDARD
ASTM A992/A992M
Structural Steel Shapes
Overview
What this standard covers
The standard grade for US wide flange shapes, with 50 ksi minimum yield, a maximum yield to tensile ratio and a carbon equivalent limit for weldability.
Chemical and mechanical requirements for rolled W shapes used in building frames.
Who uses it
Specifiers, buyers and mills confirming what a grade guarantees before it is ordered or substituted.
Details
Reference data
- Standard number
- ASTM A992/A992M
- Title
- Structural Steel Shapes
- Organisation
- ASTM International
- Country
- United States
- Region
- United States
- Subject
- Materials
- Subcategory
- Wide flange
- Type
- STANDARD
- Application
- Contractual
- Availability
- Paid
- Status
- CURRENT
- Roles
- material standard
- Last verified
- 2026-09-06
Official source: astm.org
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Standards used alongside this one
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- ASTM / EN comparison
Comparing ASTM and EN structural grades
A992 and S355 sit close on yield strength but differ on impact requirements, chemistry limits and thickness effects, so they are comparable rather than interchangeable.
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- ASTM A36/A36M
Carbon Structural Steel
The long established 36 ksi carbon structural grade, still common for plate, angle and channel.
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- ASTM A370
Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
How tensile, bend and impact tests on steel products are performed and reported — the basis of the values printed on a US mill certificate.
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- ASTM A500/A500M
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The usual US HSS specification for round, square and rectangular tubing, with grades B and C in common use.
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Status
Editorial reference information compiled and maintained by the StructuralSteel.ai team. It is not a design certificate and is not issued under an engineer's seal.
Last reviewed
Calculations
Any figures produced on this page are indicative estimates for early sizing and comparison only — they are not engineered design outputs.
References
Final member selection, loading, connection design, fire design, fabrication and compliance must be verified for your specific project by a suitably qualified structural engineer. Standards are revised; check the edition in force where the work is built.
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