As a starting point, the following is what we use for stainless steel
structures.
- Stainless steel plate: AISI 304 w/ No. 4 finish
- SS structural shapes: AISI 304, fy = 35 ksi
- SS bolted connections: ASTM F593, AISI 304
- SS welding rods: E308
Hope this helps.
- Jeremy
Quoting lrhauer@earthlink.net:
> To All,
>
> I am doing a small job which is designing the footing and base
> plate/anchor bolts for a small water tank. The tank is horizontal
> and is made of stainless steel with the two saddles also being
> stainless steel but without holes for anchor bolts. So, I will need
> to weld on base plates to the bottom of the saddles.
>
> I don't have any specs for stainless steel, so can someone give me
> some basic specs for welding stainless steel, (fillet welds), and
> the ASTM designation and Fy for any type of stainless steel, (the
> loads are very light and will be all shear loads so I can make this
> pretty simple).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Larry Hauer S.E.
>
>
>
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