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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
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