AISI Test Procedures for Cold-Formed Steel Approved as the American National Standards

AISI's Committee on Specifications developed 12 test procedures for cold-formed steel members, connections and assemblies that were approved as the American National Standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). These test procedures are widely used by the construction industry and research institutes for determining material strength, developing new products, and verifying design provisions.

"These test procedures provide an alternative for designing cold-formed steel members and structures and are effective tools for research and development. They will be a valuable resource for the cold-formed steel industry," said Delbert F. Boring, AISI vice president, construction market. AISI is recognized internationally by the steel and construction industries for developing world-class design standards for cold-formed steel structural applications, he said.

Among the 12 test procedures, four are newly developed-test methods for determining the web crippling strength of cold-formed steel beams; distortional buckling of cold-formed steel hat-shaped columns; flexural testing of cold-formed steel hat-shaped beams; and determining strength value for a roof panel-to-purlin-to-anchorage device connection. The other eight test procedures were published previously in the AISI Cold-Formed Steel Design Manual, 2002 Edition.

The test procedures are available for purchase on AISI's Web site in the Shop AISI section of www.steel.org. For more information, contact Helen Chen.