ICS 77.140.75                          MTD 19

1. Scope

This standard covers the requirements for hot and cold formed square and rectangular hollow steel sections for structural use

NOTE - Products manufactured to this specification may not be suitable for applications such as dynamically loaded elements in welded structures, where low-temperature notch toughness properties may be important.

2. REFERENCES

The following Indian Standards contain provisions, which through reference in this text, constitute provision of this standard. At the time of the publication, the editions indicated below were valid. All the standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreement based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of these standards.

228 Methods of chemical analysis of pig iron, cast iron and plain carbon and low alloy steels

1387 : 1993 General requirements for the supply of metallurgical materials (second revision)

1608 : 2005 Mechanical testing of metals - Tensile testing (second revision)

10748 : 2004 Hot Rolled Steel strip for welded tubes and pipes (second revision)