ASTM A1064/A1064M-09

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Designation: A1064/A1064M – 09
Standard Specification for
Steel Wire and Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain and
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Deformed, for Concrete
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A1064/A1064M; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This specification covers steel wire and welded wire 2.1 ASTM Standards:
reinforcement produced from hot-rolled rod to be used for the A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
reinforcement of concrete. The steel wire is cold-worked, of Steel Products
drawnorrolled,plain(non-deformed,as-drawnorgalvanized), A641/A641M Specification for Zinc−Coated (Galvanized)
ordeformed.Weldedwirereinforcementismadefromplainor Carbon Steel Wire
deformed wire, or a combination of plain and deformed wire. A700 PracticesforPackaging,Marking,andLoadingMeth-
CommonwiresizesanddimensionsaregiveninTable1,Table ods for Steel Products for Shipment
2, Table 3, and Table 4.Actual wire sizes are not restricted to E83 Practice for Verification and Classification of Exten-
those shown in the tables. someter Systems
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2.2 U.S. Military Standard:
NOTE 1—Welded wire for concrete reinforcement has historically been
MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
described by various terms: welded wire fabric, WWF, fabric, and mesh.
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2.3 U.S. Military Standard:
The wire reinforcement industry has adopted the term welded wire
Fed.Std.No.123 Marking for Shipments (CivilAgencies)
reinforcement (WWR) as being more representative of the applications of
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the products being manufactured. Therefore, the term welded wire fabric
2.4 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Standard:
has been replaced with the term welded wire reinforcement in this
ACI318 Building Code Requirements for Structural Con-
specification and in related specifications.
crete
1.2 Supplement S1 describes high-strength wire, which 2.5 Adjuncts:
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manufacturers furnish when specifically ordered. Manufactur-
WeldTesterDrawing
ers furnish high-strength wire in place of regular wire if
3. Terminology
mutually agreed to by the purchaser and the manufacturer.
1.3 The values stated in either inch-pound or SI units are to 3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
be regarded separately as standard.Within the text the SI units 3.1.1 convoluted wire—when wire for welded wire rein-
are shown in brackets (except in Table 2 and Table 4). The forcement is formed into a sinusoidal wave shape, it is
values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; there- commonly referred to as convoluted wire. The wire is used in
fore, each system must be used independently of the other. the manufacture of cages for certain applications of concrete
Combining values may result in nonconformance with the pipe reinforcement. Deformed wire is not subject to convolu-
specification. tion unless agreed upon by the purchaser and manufacturer.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM CommitteeA01 on Steel, www.dodssp.daps.mil.
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Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee AvailablefromAmericanConcreteInstitute(ACI),P.O.Box9094,Farmington
A01.05 on Steel Reinforcement. Hills, MI 48333-9094, http://www.concrete.org.
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Current edition approved Aug. 15, 2009. Published September 2009. DOI: Available from ASTM International Headquarters. Order Adjunct No.
10.1520/A1064_A1064M-09. ADJA0185. Original adjunct produced in 1967.
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TABLE 1 Dimensional Requirements for Plain Wire—Inch-Pound Units
Nominal Diameter Nominal Area
B,C,D
Size Number
E 2 2
in. [mm] in. [mm ]
W 0.5 0.080 [2.03] 0.005 [3.23]
W 1.2 0.124 [3.14] 0.012 [7.74]
W 1.4 0.134 [3.39] 1.014 [9.03]
W 2 0.160 [4.05] 0.020 [12.9]
W 2.5 0.178 [4.53] 0.025 [16.1]
W
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