BS5896:1980SpecificationforHighTensileSteel

WireandStrandforthePrestressingofConcrete

Toleranceon Relaxation
Nominal Nominal Specified Specified
Typeof Nominal Nominal Loadat1% Minimum Max
tensile steel characteristic characteristic Initialload
strand diameter mass Cross elongation elongation (%ofactual relaxation
strength area breakingload 0.1%proofload
(1) (1)
(1) (2) Diameter sectional Mass (4)(6)(7)
atmax.load breaking after1000h
(2) area
(6)(7) (4)(6)(7)
load) Relaxclass2

mm N/mm2 mm2 g/m mm mm2 g/m kN kN kN

15.2 1670 139 1090 +0.4 232 197 204
7wire 12.5 1770 93 730 0.2 164 139 144
Forall Forall
standard 11.0 1770 71 557 +0.3 Forall Forall 125 106 110
Forall wires wires
9.3 1770 52 408 0.15 strands strands 92 78 81
strands 60% 1.0%
15.7 1770 150 1180 +0.4 +4% +4% 265 225 233
3.5% 70% 2.5%
7wire 12.9 1860 100 785 0.2 2% 2% 186 158 163
80% 4.5%
super 11.3 1860 75 590 +0.3 139 118 122
9.6 1860 55 432 0.15 102 87 90
CONSTRICTIONATBREAK:FORALLSTRANDSDUCTILEWIREBREAKSVISIBLETOTHENAKEDEYE

MINIMUMELONGATIONATMAX.LOADFORALLSTRANDS3.5%
(1)
Thetypeofstrand,nominaldiameterandnominaltensilestrengthdataaregivenfordesignationpurposesonly.
(2)
Thenominalsteelareaandnominalmassdataaregivenforinformationonly.
(3)
Thenominaltensilestrengthiscalculatedformthenominalcrosssectionandthespecifiedcharacteristicbreakingload.Seenote7
(4)
Thespecifiedcharacteristic0.1%proofloadisapproximately85%ofthespecifiedcharacteristicbreakingload.Alternatively,byagreementbetweenthemanufacturerandthe
purcharser.thecharacteristicloadat1%elongationmaybespecified,whichisapproximately88%ofthespecifiedcharacteristicbreakingload.
(5)
Themodulusofelasticityistobetakenas195+10kN/mm2,unlessotherwiseindicatedbythemanufactured
(6)
Themaximumstandarddeviationsare:
tensilestrength55N/mm2,ortheequivalentvalueexpressedasaload
0.1%proofstress60N/mm2,ortheequivalentvalueexpressedasaload.
(7)
Inviewoftheclosetoleranceondiametersandareas,specifiedcharacteristicloadshavebeenspecifiedratherthatstresses