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Products manufactured by by EB Metal US are formed from steel with a minimum yield stress of 33 or 50 kips per square inch (ksi). Unless noted otherwise, all products are engineered to meet the 2012 edition of the American Iron and Steel Institute’s (AISI) S100-12“North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members” and other AISI standards referenced in section 2210 of the 2015 International Building Code (IBC-2015). The structural properties have been computed based upon allowable stress design (ASD) which includes distortional buckling considerations for all stud sections. For fastener tables, the screw sizes and head diameters do not refer to specific fasteners which may or may not be available from EB Metal US. Shear and tension data for screws was developed using published manufacturer data and evaluation reports available at the time of publications.

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EB METAL US supports the industry standard nomenclature published in the American Iron and Steel Institute’s (AISI) General Provisions, S200. The AISI S200 states in Section A5.2 that ”structural members and non-structural members shall use a four-part product designator that identifies the size (both web depth and flange width), style and thickness.” An example of this designator is shown below:

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Thickness – Steel Components
Designation Thickness (Mils)	Thickness Minimum (in) 1	Thickness Design (in)	Inside Radii Design Corner 2 (in)	Reference Gauge No.
18	0.0179	0.0188	0.0844	25
27	0.0269	0.0283	0.0796	22
30	0.0296	0.0312	0.0782	20-Dw
33	0.0329	0.0346	0.0765	20-Str
43	0.0428	0.0451	0.0712	18
54	0.0538	0.0566	0.0849	16
68	0.0677	0.0713	0.1070	14
97	0.0966	0.1017	0.1526	12
118	0.1180	0.1242	0.1863	10

• Where AISI S100-12 Specification is referenced, it is the“North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members.”
• The strength increase from cold work of forming has been incorporated for flexural strength per section A7.2 of AISI S100-12 Specification.
• The effective moment of inertia for deflection is calculated at a stress which results in a section modulus such that the stress times the section modulus at that stress is equal to the allowable moment. AISI S100-12 specification procedure 1 levels.for service ability Any modified determination values would has be been required used. to Increases be calculated in the by effective a qualified moment engineer. of Inertia (Ixe) may be possible at lower stress
• Various members may be manufactured with yield strengths of 33 or 50 kips per square inch (ksi). The yield strength used for calculations is indicated in the tables.
• For members available in both 33 and 50 ksi, the specifier must clearly indicate which yield strength is required. For example: 362S162-54 (50ksi).
• When provided, factory punchouts shall be located along the centerline of the webs of the members and will have a minimum center-to-center spacing of 24 inches. Punchouts for members greater than 2.5 inches deep are a maximum of 1.5 inches wide x 4 inches long. Members with depths of 1.625 and 2.5 inches and smaller are maximum of 3/4 inches wide x 4 inches long.
• Allowable flexural strength values in the tables are based upon the minimum of local, distortional and lateral-torsional buckling. Distortional buckling strength is based on a k-phi = 0. Higher values may be obtained when sheathing is applied to the walls resulting in a higher k-phi value.

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