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Indian Standard (Reaffirmed 2009)

SPECIFICATION FOR
HIGH TENSILE STEEL BARS USED IN
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
(First Revision)

Second Reprint SEPTEMBER 1993

UDC 669.14.018.295-422:666.982.4

Copyright 1983

B U R E A U OF I N D I A N S T A N D A R D S
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI ll0002

Gr 3 May 1983
 18,2_-1_
(Reamaa. 1"')
Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
HIGH TENSILE STEEL BARS USED IN
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
(First Revision)

Joint Sectional Committee Cor Concrete Reinforcement, BSMDC 8

C.i''''tllI R'I"",ntin.
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SIl1&1 G. S. RAO Cftltr.l Works Department
M""bn,
SWRRIM1'lUIDJNO EMOIJlR....
( CD(l ) ( All",.." to
SllIn G. S. RAO )
naJ. L. A.JMAIfI The Tata Iron It St~1 Co Ltd, Jamahedpur
~Htn A. ~. MITRA ( All"".,.) ,
D., A'III. KUMAR Cement Research Institute of Indi., New Delhi
SURI E. T. ANTIA The Concrete Auociation of India, Bombay
SHRIP. SRINIVAIAB ( AI,,,,,.,,)
SRRI S. DAMxaJJ:K Steel Re-Rollift' Mills Association of India, Calcutta
SUR. S. N. CIIAMDA Metall\\rl_ical and Enlineerinl Consultantt ( JDdia )
ttd, Rancbi
SR.J R. D. Cxo17DH.'BY ( ~11muI" )
CHI." ElfOJ1fJCBB ( D " R ) Irrilation Department, Covernmfut of Punjab,
Chandilarh
DIRBCTOB ( CD) ( AI,,,,..,. )
D..UTY Dta_croft, STAJIIDA1\D8 R.~...roh, Desips & Standards Organilation
( D .. S )-1 (Ministry or Railway.), Lucknow
Aalll-rAK-r Dm.ceroR, STAH-
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Sa.1 D. I. naAJ Gammon India Ltd, Bombay
SRRI A. L. BHATIA (
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DOC'I'o.
AI,,,,,.,, ) Special Steel. Ltd, Bombay
SRal S. O. J08HI ( All".." )
SHill ZACBABIA 01lORO. Structural En.ineerlnl Research CeDtre (eSIR).
Madru
SaRI
S.al G. V. SVBYAXV_AB
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( AI,,,,..,,)
Structural EDlineerins Research Centre (CSIR.)
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SHal V. GULATI Heady It Gresbam (India) Ltd, New Delhi
S8RI P. K. Guns National Metallurgical Laboratory ( CSIR ).
Jamlbedpur
SaBI N. C. JA11' Stup Consultants Ltd, Bombay
SRRI M. C. TAXDOM
SRRI M. P. JASUJA
( AI'"".',)Relearcb at Development Centre (or Ironand Steel
( SAIL ). Ranchi
SRRI A. JAYAOOPAL Engineer-in-ChleC'. Branch, Army Headquarten
MAti R. C.llANDBA8HBABAlf ( ~1'matI',)
SRRIS. Y KHAN Killick Nixon Ltd, Bombay
SHar P. S. VDKAT (
SOl M. N. KHA1flfA
.41'""", )Bhilai Steel Plant ( SAIL), Bhila~
SRRI C: DAIOVPTA ( .AI""",,, )
SaBI H. N. KBJ8A MURTBY Tor Steel Research Foundation in India, Calcutta
DR C. S. VIIWAX ATKA ( .4lI",..,,~
SRRI S. N. MAHOBAB Tata COnsultiDI Engineen, Bombay
SRBI N. NAGARAJ (.4""""")
SRRI R. K. MAT.va Public Works Department, Lucknow
SOl S. N. PAL M. N. Dastur It Co (P) Ltd, Calcutta
SRRI SALIL Roy ( AlIn".,.)
58&1 B. K. PAlITBAKY Hindustan Construction Co Ltd, Bombay
SO! P. V. N AlB: (
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AI,,,,,.,,) IR.C Steels Ltd, Calcutta
SIIBI M. V. SHA8TRY Roads Wing ( Ministry of Shippinl and Transport)
SRBt SR1RI8R H. SRAH TensilE'Steel Ltd. Bombay
SIll\I M. S. P ATHAIC (
SRBI C. N. SRJMIVA8AM
Al',nua', )C. R. Naray.na Rao, Madr..
SBRJC.N.RAQHAV"DBAN(Ahu~u)
SRBr K. S. SRJJfIVA8AJf National BUlidinSI Organization, New Delhi
SHBJ A. K. LAL ( AI,,,,,.,,)
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Director ( Civ Enll )

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TO

15:2090-1983 SPECIPICATION POR HIGH TENSILE

STEEL BARS USED IN PUSTllBSSED CONCUTE

(First Revision)
(Page 4. clause 3.2. third sentence)
Substitute the following for the existins matter:
'Unle.1 otherwise agreed between the purchaler and
the manufacturer or supplier the bars shall not
carryon its surface lubricants, rust or other
matter to a degree llkely to impair its adhelion to
concrete. '

(BSMDC 8) Reprography Unit, SIS J Nev Delhi. India

 Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
HIGH TENSILE STEEL BARS USED IN
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
(First Revision)

o. FOREWORD
0.1 This Indian Standard (}1irlt Revision) was adopted by the Indian
Standards Institution on 14 March 1983, after the draft finalized by the
Joint Sectional Committee for Concrete Reinforcement had been
approved by the Civil Engineering Division Council.
0.2 This standard was first published in 1962 to cover the requirements
or high tensile steel bars used in prestressed concrete. The present
revision hal been taken up with a view to incQrporating modification.
found neceuary u result of experience gained in using this standard
both by manufacturers and use....
0.3 It:' this revision, modifications have been incorporated in provisions
relating to tolerances, proof stress and relaxation test. The requirement
of young's modulus has been deleted. Further 8.1. units have been
adopted for specifying the various physical requirements in the standard
and references to varioul other Indian Sandard. appearing in this
Itandard have been updated.
0.4 In the formulation ofthi. standard, due weightage has been given to
international co-ordination amon~ the standard and practices prevailing.
in different countries in addition to relating it to the practices in the field
in this country.
0.5 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of tbi.
standard i. complied with, the final value, observed or C'aJcuJated.
expressing the result of a test or analysil, shall be rounded off in accord-
ance with IS : 21960-. The number of significant places retained in the
rounded off value should be the lame as that of the Jpecified value in
'his standard.

-aut. lor rouDdin. ofF DumericaJ values ( ,ft';,. ).

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1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard covers the requirements for high tensile steel bars used
in prestressed concrete.

2- TERMINOJ..OGY
2.0 For the purpose of this standard, the following definitions shall
apply.
2.1 Ba.. - A rolled rod or bar of steel of circular cross-section.
2.2 EloaptioD - The increase in length of a tensile test specimen under
stress, The elongation at fracture is conventionally expressed as a
percentage of the original gauge length of the standard test specimen.
2.3 BIBh Tea.lle Steel - Alloy steel having a tensile strength of not
less than 980 N/mml .
2.4 Noml.a. Size - The dimension of the diameter of the bar.
2.5 Proof Stre - The streiS which produces a residual strain
of 0-2 percent of the original gauge length ( non-proportional elongation ).
2.6 Tea.lle Strea,tla - The maximum load reached in a tensile test
divided by the orlginal cross-sectional area of the gauge length portion
of the test specimen.
3. MANUFACTURE AND CHEMICAL COMPOSmON
3.1 The steel shall be manufactured by the.open-hearth, electric, duplex,
acid bessem er, basic oxygen ( LD ) process or a combination of these
processes with the addition of necessary alloying elements, In case any
other process is employed in the manufacture, prior approval of the
purchaser shall be obtained. The steel shall be hot rolled into bars and
subsequently processed to ~ive the required physical properties. Whrre
the ban are threaded the thread shall be either cut or rolled. Threaded
ends shall be protected from corrosion and damage.
3.1.1 The ladle analysis of steel when made in accordance with the
relevant parts of IS : 220* shall show that steel contains not more than
0050 percent of sulphur and not more than 0'050 percent of
phosphorus.
3.2 All finished bars shall be cleanly rolled to specified dimensions.
They shall be sound and free from splits, harmful surface flaws. rough.
jagsed and imperfect edges; and other r'efects, Unless otherwise agreed
between the purchaser and the manufacturer, they shall not carry rust
or other matter to a degree likely to impair their adhesion in concrete
.
-Method, Cor chemical analyl. or steels (. $",1111 "";,." ) ( heiR' iIIued in para ).
4-
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4. NOMINAL IIZU
f.1 Ban .hall be manufactured in the fcllowiDI DOmina) liIea:
10, 12, 16, 20, 22, 25, 28 and 32 mm.
5. TOLDANCBI
1.1 N laaI 1_ - The tolerance OIl the nominal Ii. .hall be
:t: 05 mm for ban up to and includinl25 mm and :I: 0-6 mm Cor ban
above 25 mm,
5.2 - The toleranceOD the maa of the finilhed bar .hall be
5 percent for ban of diameter up to and inc)udinS16 mm and :I: 3
p8rc1Dt tor ban above 16 mm,

_ the.. that billa

.... rua.
-.i.. ....
KGI'll - Whe. ban aN ordered by IIWI, the m.. of the ban ,h.n be calculated
wei 0-785 "'em' or Cl'C*-llCdonal area per

U Whea necellary, other toleraDca may be agreed between the

purch. .r ud tbe maaufacturer.
I. PIlYlIcw. UQ,UlUMBNTI
1.1 Th. tenlU. ItreDlth, proof atreal and aloftlltion. when determined
ill accorduc:e with 7.2.2 .haJI be uliven in Table 1.

T~I_"O.""""O.~
(a..8.1)
....VIDImft

. .N/

...... te"
Not 1_ tIaaD 80 ~Dt 01 the
........ IpICifieci

10 J*'C*II

u 1leItt.. - The relaxation of.t..... ia the bar, wheD tested ill

accordant with 7.s, .hall DOC exceed 49 N/mrnl at the end of 1000 bou....
Alteraatively, the manuracturer ahall provide proof that the quality of
bar IUpplied iI.uch u to comply with th. t.t requiremeDL
7. TBlTI
7.1 leleedoa" T_t 1pecbD
7.1.1 All t.t lpedmeD' .hall be or lu8icient leDith for the lpeci8ed
lett. ad may be cue either from the .ad. or the ban before cuttinl to
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finished lengths or from any part or the bar in the presence of the
purchaler or his authorized representative.
7.1.2 Before the specimens are selected, the manufacturer or lupplier
than turnish the purchaser or his authorized representative with copies
of mill record. ~iving the number of bars in each cast with lizu, markl,
etc. whereby the bar. can be identified.
7.2 T...n .,...
7.2.1 The test specimen. shall not be annealed or otherwise lubjected
to heat treatment uniesl the ban from which they are cut are similarly
treated in which case the specimen Ihan be similarly and simuitaneoully
treated with the bar. before teltin,.
7.2.2 The tensile strength. proof stress and elongation sball be
determined in accordance with the methods specified in IS: 1608-
1972.
Non - In cun where the manutlcturinl proe_ iDcludft cold worldlli. t.... to
determine compliaae8 with proof Itt. requlrelDeDti need not be aaade wltbiD 48
houn 01 such cold wor~int.
7.3 eotaat Strala a.lautlo. TNt -If required by the purchr,
the manufacturer shall provide evidence from record. oftesu oflimilar
or
ban that the relaxation stress from an initial stress of 70 percent the or
specified minimum tensile strength conform. to that specified in &.2.
Durin~ the whole .period o(telt the temperature .han be maintained at
20 :II 2C. The initial load shall be applied in a period .of not more
than 5 minutes and ,han then be held constant for a further period of
one minute. Thereafter no adjustment of load shall be made, and the
load relaxation readinghall commence (ro~ the end sixth minute. or
On no account shall the telt piece be oventrell.d. The Dumber of
lpecimen. tested shall be as agreed between the purcb. .r and the
mAnufacturer.
L SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY
1.1 Seale .r laaapilal
I.J.1 lA, - In any consi.nment. all the high tensile steel bars of the
..me size and manufactured from the same cast shall be grouped together
to coft4ttitute a lot.
1.1.2 The number or bars to be selected at random from the lot shall
depend u~n the size of the lot and shall be in accordance with col 1
and col 2 of Table 2.

Metbod lor tendJ. c_l... ol.teel produc~ (firsl ,1IIiri. ).

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T.dLB 2 llZE OW TBB lAM.... AND IVII-IAMPLB

( Cltlus" 8.1.2 aDd 8.2.3 )
LOT SI S,I. or SAM.LB StIR 01' SUB-SAUL.
(I) (2) (3)
Up to 50 5 2
51 to JOO 10 2
101 to 200 15 2
201 to SOO 20 S
901 to 500 30 3
501 and above 40 5

1.2 H ber of Te.t.

L2.1 All the bars selected al in Ll.2 .hall be examined for freedom
Crom defects (I" 3.2) and tolerance on nominal lize and mass
( ", 5 ).
L2.2- R.equisite material from anyone of the ban in tbe lot shan be
lubjected to chemical analysis ( SII 3.1.1 ).
1.2.3 The number of bars to be subjected to the tensile test (I" 7.2 )
shall be equal to the lize of the sub-eample al given in col 3 of Table 2.
1.3 C.-lterl. lor (Joalo....lty
8.3.1 The lot shall be considered as conrorminl to the requirements of
this specification if the conditions mentioned in 8.3.2 to 8.3.5 are
satisfied.
8.3.2 The number of bars failing to satisfy one or more of the
requirements specified in t and 6 shall not exceed the corresponding
permissible Dumber given below:
Si(, of Som," P,rmissi61, Numb"
5 0
10 J
15 I
20 2
30 3
40 3
L'.' The results of chemical analysis for phosphorus and sulphue
content on the lamp.le tested shall sati,ry the requirements given under

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3.1.1 If the test results Cor any of the characteristics fail to satisfy the
correspondin~ requirement., two more teats (or that characteristic shall
be done and both these test results ahall latisfy the requirement. for that
characteristic.
1.3.t For physical requirements except proof strels, the mean and the
range oCthe test results obtained for the various characteristic shall satisfy
the appropriate condition(s) given below:
'a) ( Mean ~ 0'6 Range) shan be lesl than or equal to the maximum
specification limit.
b) ( Mean - 0-6 Range) shall be greater than or equal to the
minimum specification limit.
1.3.5 For proof stress, an the test specimens shan satilfy the require-
ments of the characteristic.
9. DELIVERY. INSPECTION AND TESTING rAClLITJB1
'.1 Unle.. otherwise sPf'cjfied, general requirements relatin, to the
lupply of material, inspection and testing shall conform to IS : 1387-
1967.
9.2 No material shall be de.patched from the manufacturen' or lupplien'
premises prior to its being certified by the purchaser or hit authorized
representative as having fulfilled the tests and requiremenn laid down in
this standard except where the bundle or coil containing the wire is
marked with the lSI Certification Mark.
9.3 The purchaser or hi. authorized representative shall be at liberty to
inspect and verify the steel maker'. certificate of cast analysis at the
premises of the manufacturer or supplier; when the purchaser required
an actual analysis of finished material, this shall be made at a place
agreed to between the purchuer and the manufacturer or IUppUer.
9.-1 MalUllacttlrft C.tlecate - In the ease of ban which have not
been Inspected at the manufactul'er's works, the manufacturer or supplier.
as the ea. may be, ~halliupply the purchue r or hi. authorised reprelen-
tative with the certificate stating the procell of manufacture and telt
Aheetl liRned by the manufacturer ~iving the relult of each mechanical
teat applicable to the material, and the chemical composition if required.
Each test !heet shan indicate the number or ideatification mark to be
found on the materiaJ.
9.5 When test for relaxation il required to be carried out, the COlt or
testing ahall be borne by the purchaser.

Oeneral nquiremeau for the IUpply 01 metallurlical ana.rial. (lrsl rIC;'. ).

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10. IDENTIFICATION AND MARKING

10.1 The bar manufacturer shall attach to every bundle a suitable metal
1a~ which shall bear the manufacturer's name, the size of the bar, the
hvat number of the rast from which the bars have been rolled and the
f1..,i~nation of the standard. All bars or bundles of bars shall be marked
in -uch a \vay that it is possible to trace all finished bars to the cast from
\\ hich I h(\y were made.
10.1.1 Each bar or the metal tag attached to every bundle of bars may
also be marked with the Standard Mark..
NOTE - The use or the Standard Mark il loverned by the provisions or the
Bureau or I ndian Standards Act, 19.i6 and the Rules and Relulation~ made there-
under. The Standard MJrk on products covered by aD Indian Standard conveys
the a"\lr.'I1~e that they have been produced to comply with the requirements of that
"andard under a well defined system of inspection. testin. and quality control
which IS dev...ed and super\'i~ed by DIS and operated by the producer. Staodard
marked products are also continuously checked by BIS for conforlnity to that
~tandard a~ a further safcluard. Details or conditiODs under which. licence for
the use of the Standard Mark maybe sranted to manufacturen or producers may
be obtained from the Bureau of Indian Standards.

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