ASTM_A_82_-_A_82M_-_07.pdf

Designation:A 82/A 82M 07American Association State Highway and Transportation OfficialsStandard AASHTO No.:M 32Standard Specification forSteel Wire,Plain,for Concrete Reinforcement1This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 82/A 82M;the number immediately following the designation indicates the yearof original adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A superscript epsilon(e)indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.1.Scope*1.1 This specification covers cold-drawn steel wire,as-drawn or galvanized,to be used as such,or in fabricated form,for the reinforcement of concrete,in sizes not less than 2.03mm 0.080 in.nominal diameter.1.2 Supplement S1 describes high-strength wire,whichshall be furnished when specifically ordered.It shall bepermissible to furnish high-strength wire in place of regularwire if mutually agreed to by the purchaser and the manufac-turer.1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound unitsare to be regarded separately as standard.The values stated ineach system may not be exact equivalents;therefore,eachsystem shall be used independently of the other.Combiningvalues from the two systems may result in non-conformancewith the standard.(The inch-pound units are shown in bracketsexcept in Table 6.)2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2A 185/A 185M Specification for Steel Welded Wire Rein-forcement,Plain,for ConcreteA 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testingof Steel ProductsA 641/A 641M Specification for ZincCoated(Galvanized)Carbon Steel WireA 700 Practices for Packaging,Marking,and LoadingMethods for Steel Products for ShipmentE 83 Practice for Verification and Classification of Exten-someter Systems2.2U.S.Military Standards:3MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage2.3U.S.Federal Standard:3Fed.Std.No.123 Marking for Shipments(Civil Agencies)2.4ACI Standard:4ACI 318 Building Code Requirements for Structural Con-crete3.Ordering Information3.1 It shall be the responsibility of the purchaser to specifyall requirements that are necessary for the manufacture anddelivery of the wire under this specification.Such requirementsto be considered include,but are not limited to,the following:3.1.1 Quantity(mass weight),3.1.2 Name of material(cold-drawn steel wire for concretereinforcement),3.1.3 Wire size number(see Section 8),3.1.4 Yield strength measurement(see 5.1,11.3),3.1.5 Packaging(see Section 15),3.1.6 ASTM designation and year of issue,and3.1.7 Special requirements,if any.(See Supplement S1.)NOTE1A typical ordering description is as follows:50 000 kg100 000 lb cold-drawn steel wire for concrete reinforcement,Size No.W5 in 800 kg 2000 lb secured coils,to ASTM _.4.Materials and Manufacture4.1 The steel shall be made by one of the followingprocesses:open-hearth,electric furnace,or basic-oxygen.4.2 The wire shall be cold drawn from rods that have beenhot rolled from billets.4.3 Unless otherwise specified,the wire shall be supplieduncoated.When specified as galvanized,it shall be galvanizedat finish size.5.Mechanical Property Requirements5.1 Tension Tests:5.1.1 When tested as described in Test Methods and Defi-nitions A 370,the material,except as specified in 5.1.2,shallconform to the tensile property requirements in Table 1 basedon nominal area of wire.5.1.2 When required by the purchaser,yield strength shallbe determined as described using a Class B-1 extensometer as1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeA01.05 on Steel Reinforcement.Current edition approved Sept.1,2007.Published October 2007.Originallyapproved in 1921.Last previous edition approved in 2005 as A 82/A 82M05a.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk,DODSSP,Bldg.4,SectionD,700RobbinsAve.,Philadelphia,PA19111-5098,http:/www.dodssp.daps.mil.4Available from American Concrete Institute(ACI),P.O.Box 9094,FarmingtonHills,MI 48333-9094,http:/www.aci-int.org.1*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959,United States.Copyright ASTM International Provided by IHS under license with ASTM Licensee=University of Texas Revised Sub Account/5620001114 Not for Resale,12/04/2007 17:57:14 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-described in Practice E 83.The yield strength shall be deter-mined as described in Test Methods and Definitions A 370 atan extension under load of 0.5%of gage length.It shall bepermissible to remov