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Eric, Your exposure could be to road salt or chemicals in a chemical plant, you dont have to be in a coastal region to use stainless bolts. There are many many stainless steels but the most common are 304 and 316, and those two are very similar for strength. 316 is commonly used in salt water immersion, ...

Eric, The result is the same in LRFD (strength design) for both ASCE8-01 and AISC 360. Note that there is a newer ASCE8 that I dont have, but I dont expect much change. If you are using sheet steel, less than 3/16" material, you should have ASCE8 as well as Design Guide 27. As for the use of omega, ...

AISC Design Guide 27 is what you should be using for Stainless Steel (2013 is what I have, and that is probably latest). It is similar to the AISC 360 code for carbon steel. Chapter 9. Formula J3-1: Rn=FnAb phi=0.75 (LRFD) omega=2.00 (ASD) Fnt=0.75Fu Fnv=0.45Fu Ab is nominal (not net) area. Some properties ...

There are some ASCE or AISC webinars on the design and guidelines for reuse of shipping containers. If one can limit on the modifications and the use is industrial, there are some innovative uses as these containers are very strong if not modified. So large openings, especially for the sides if the container ...