ASTM A588 Grade B Steel Typical Uses

ASTM A588 Grade B Perforated Weathering resistant steel sheet / plate for landscaping

Typical Uses

High strength weathering steel has been used in bridge engineering.It can also be used in the floor board,containers, power plant chimneys, railway engineering and other outdoor steel, such as large outdoor sculpture steel.

1st, outdoor sculptures: Weathering steel is popularly used in outdoor sculptures for its rustic antique appearance. One example is the large Chicago Picasso sculpture, which stands in the plaza of the Daley Center Courthouse in Chicago, which is also constructed of weathering steel. Other examples include numerous works byRichard Serra; the " Alamo " sculpture in Manhattan, NY; the Barclays Center,Brooklyn, New York;The Angel of the North, Gateshead; and Broadcasting Tower at Leeds Beckett University.

2nd,architectural: The first use of weathering steel for architectural applications was the John Deere World Headquarters in Moline, Illinois. The building was designed by architect Eero Saarinen, and completed in 1964. The main buildings of Odense University, designed by Knud Holscher and Jørgen Vesterholt and built 1971–1976, are clad in weathering steel, earning them the nickname Rustenborg (Danish for "rusty fortress").

3th,bridge and other large structural:
It is also used in bridge and other large structural applications such as theNew River Gorge Bridge, the second span of the
Newburgh–Beacon Bridge (1980), and the creation of theAustralian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) and MONA.

4th,marine transportation
It is very widely used in marine transportation, in the construction of intermodal containers[13] as well as visible sheet piling
along recently widened sections of London's M25 motorway.