
4.1.1 Quantity (weight) [mass],
4.1.2 Name of material (rail-steel deformed and plain bars
for concrete reinforcement),
4.1.3 Size and length,
4.1.4 Deformed or plain,
4.1.5 Grade,
4.1.6 Packaging (see Section 19),
4.1.7 Supplementary requirements (if desired),
4.1.8 ASTM designation and year of issue, and
4.1.9 Certified mill test reports (if desired). (See Section
17.)
NOTE 1—A typical ordering description is as follows: 20 tons rail-steel
deformed and plain bars for concrete reinforcement, No. 8, 30 ft 0 in. long,
deformed, Grade 60, in secured lifts, including Supplementary Require-
ment S 1, to ASTM A 616 – . Certified mill test reports are required.
[19 tonnes, rail-steel deformed and plain bars for concrete reinforce-
ment, No. 25, 18.3 m long, deformed, Grade 420, in secured lifts,
including Supplementary Requirement S 1, to ASTM A 616M – . Certi-
fied mill test reports are required.]
5. Material and Manufacture
5.1 The bars shall be rolled from standard section Tee rails.
No other materials such as those known by the terms rerolled,
rail-steel equivalent, and rail-steel quality shall be substituted.
6. Requirements for Deformations Requirements for
Deformations
6.1 Deformations shall be spaced along the bar at substan-
tially uniform distances. The deformations on opposite sides of
the bar shall be similar in size, shape, and pattern.
6.2 The deformations shall be placed with respect to the axis
of the bar so that the included angle is not less than 45°. Where
the line of deformations forms an included angle with the axis
of the bar of from 45 to 70° inclusive, the deformations shall
reverse alternately in direction on each side, or those on one
side shall be reversed in direction from those on the opposite
side. Where the line of deformations is over 70°, a reversal in
direction shall not be required.
6.3 The average spacing or distance between deformations
on each side of the bar shall not exceed seven tenths of the
nominal diameter of the bar.
6.4 The overall length of deformations shall be such that the
gap between the ends of the deformations on opposite sides of
the bar shall not exceed 12.5 % of the nominal perimeter of the
bar. Where the ends terminate in a longitudinal rib, the width of
longitudinal rib shall be considered the gap. Where more than
two longitudinal ribs are involved, the total width of all
longitudinal ribs shall not exceed 25 % of the nominal perim-
eter of the bar; furthermore, the summation of gaps shall not
exceed 25 % of the nominal perimeter of the bar. The nominal
perimeter of the bar shall be 3.14 times the nominal diameter.
6.5 The spacing, height, and gap of deformations shall
conform to the requirements prescribed in Table 1.
7. Measurements of Deformations
7.1 The average spacing of deformations shall be deter-
mined by dividing a measured length of the bar specimen by
the number of individual deformations and fractional parts of
deformations on any one side of the bar specimen. A measured
length of the bar specimen shall be considered the distance
from a point on a deformation to a corresponding point on any
other deformation on the same side of the bar. Spacing
measurements shall not be made over a bar area containing bar
marking symbols involving letters or numbers.
7.2 The average height of deformations shall be determined
from measurements made on not less than two typical defor-
mations. Determinations shall be based on three measurements
per deformation, one at the center of the overall length and the
other two at the quarter points of the overall length.
7.3 Insufficient height, insufficient circumferential cover-
age, or excessive spacing of deformations shall not constitute
cause for rejection unless it has been clearly established by
determinations on each lot (Note 2) tested that typical defor-
mation height, gap or spacing do not conform to the minimum
requirements prescribed in Section 6. No rejection shall be
made on the basis of measurements if fewer than ten adjacent
deformations on each side of the bar are measured.
NOTE 2—A lot is defined as all the bars of one bar number and pattern
of deformation contained in an individual shipping release or shipping
order.
8. Tensile Requirements
8.1 Grade 50 [350] and Grade 60 [420]—The material as
represented by the test specimens shall conform to the require-
ments for tensile properties prescribed in Table 2.
TABLE 1 Deformed Bar Designation Numbers, Nominal Weights [Masses], Nominal Dimensions, and Deformation Requirements
Bar
Designation
No.
A
Nominal Weight, lb/ft
[Nominal Mass,
kg/m]
Nominal Dimensions
B
Deformation Requirements, in. [mm]
Diameter,
in. [mm]
Cross-Sectional Area
in.
2
[mm
2
]
Perimeter,
in. [mm]
Maximum Average
Spacing
Minimum Average
Height
Maximum Gap
(Chord of 12.5 % of
Nominal Perimeter)
3 [10] 0.376 [ 0.560] 0.375 [ 9.5] 0.11 [ 71] 1.178 [ 29.9] 0.262 [ 6.7] 0.015 [0.38] 0.143 [ 3.6]
4 [13] 0.668 [ 0.994] 0.500 [12.7] 0.20 [ 129] 1.571 [ 39.9] 0.350 [ 8.9] 0.020 [0.51] 0.191 [ 4.9]
5 [16] 1.043 [ 1.552] 0.625 [15.9] 0.31 [ 199] 1.963 [ 49.9] 0.437 [11.1] 0.028 [0.71] 0.239 [ 6.1]
6 [19] 1.502 [ 2.235] 0.750 [19.1] 0.44 [ 284] 2.356 [ 59.8] 0.525 [13.3] 0.038 [0.97] 0.286 [ 7.3]
7 [22] 2.044 [ 3.042] 0.875 [22.2] 0.60 [ 387] 2.749 [ 69.8] 0.612 [15.5] 0.044 [1.12] 0.334 [ 8.5]
8 [25] 2.670 [ 3.973] 1.000 [25.4] 0.79 [ 510] 3.142 [ 79.8] 0.700 [17.8] 0.050 [1.27] 0.383 [ 9.7]
9 [29] 3.400 [ 5.060] 1.128 [28.7] 1.00 [ 645] 3.544 [ 90.0] 0.790 [20.1] 0.056 [1.42] 0.431 [10.9]
10 [32] 4.303 [ 6.404] 1.270 [32.3] 1.27 [ 819] 3.990 [101.3] 0.889 [22.6] 0.064 [1.63] 0.487 [12.4]
11 [36] 5.313 [ 7.907] 1.410 [35.8] 1.56 [1006] 4.430 [112.5] 0.987 [25.1] 0.071 [1.80] 0.540 [13.7]
A
Bar numbers are based on the number of eighths of an inch included in the nominal diameter of the bars [bar numbers approximate the number of millimetres of the
nominal diameter of the bar].
B
The nominal dimensions of a deformed bar are equivalent to those of a plain round bar having the same weight [mass] per foot [metre] as the deformed bar.
A 616/A 616M – 96a
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