ASTM A615/A615M-00

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Designation: A 615/A 615M – 00 American Association State Highway and
Transportation Officials Standard
AASHTO No.: M 31
Standard Specification for
Deformed and Plain Billet-Steel Bars for Concrete
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Reinforcement
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 615/A 615M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of 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 pendently of the other. Combining values from the two systems
may result in nonconformance with the specification.
1.1 This specification covers deformed and plain billet-steel
bars for concrete reinforcement in cut lengths and coils. The
2. Referenced Documents
standard sizes and dimensions of deformed bars and their
2.1 ASTM Standards:
number designations are given in Table 1. The text of this
A 6/A 6M Specification for General Requirements for
specification references notes and footnotes which provide
Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet
explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding
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Piling
those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as require-
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
ments of the specification.
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of Steel Products
1.2 Bars are of three minimum yield levels: namely, 40 000
A 510 Specification for General Requirements for Wire
[300 MPa], 60 000 [420 MPa], and 75 000 psi [520 MPa],
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Rods and Coarse Round Wire, Carbon Steel
designated as Grade 40 [300], Grade 60 [420], and Grade 75
A 510M Specification for General Requirements for Wire
[520], respectively.
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Rods and Coarse Round Wire, Carbon Steel (Metric)
1.3 Hot-rolled plain rounds, in sizes up to and including 2
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
in. [50.8 mm] in diameter in coils or cut lengths, when
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Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
specified for dowels, spirals and structural ties or supports shall
A 706/A 706M Specification for Low-Alloy Steel De-
be furnished under this specification in Grade 40 [300], Grade
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formed and Plain Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
60 [420], and Grade 75 [520]. For ductility properties (elon-
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
gation and bending), test provisions of the nearest smaller
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Determine Conformance with Specifications
nominal diameter deformed bar size shall apply. Requirements
2.2 AWS Standard:
providing for deformations and marking shall not be appli-
ANSI/AWS D 1.4 Structural Welding Code—Reinforcing
cable.
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Steel
NOTE 1—Welding of the material in this specification should be
2.3 U.S. Military Standards:
approached with caution since no specific provisions have been included 7
MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
to enhance its weldability. When steel is to be welded, a welding
MIL-STD-163 Steel Mill Products Preparation for Ship-
procedure suitable for the chemical composition and intended use or
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ment and Storage
service should be used. The use of the latest edition of ANSI/AWS D 1.4
2.4 U.S. Federal Standard:
is recommended. This document describes the proper selection of the filler
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metals, preheat/interpass temperatures, as well as, performance and
Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)
procedure qualification requirements.
3. Terminology
1.4 This specification is applicable for orders in either
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
inch-pound units (as Specification A 615) or in SI units (as
3.1.1 deformed bar, n—steel bar with protrusions; a bar that
Specification A 615M).
is intended for use as reinforcement in reinforced concrete
1.5 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
construction.
are to be regarded as standard. Within the text, the SI units are
shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not
exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used inde-
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.04.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.05.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A-1 on Steel, Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
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Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Available from American Welding Society, 550 N.W. LeJeune Road, P.O. Box
A01.05 on Steel Reinforcement. 351040, Miami, FL 33135.
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Current edition approved March 10, 2000. Published April 2000. Originally Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, Bldg. 4 Section D, 700
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published as A 615 – 68. Last previous edition A 615/A 615M – 96a . Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
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