Designation: A81/A881M — 10 Standard Specification for Steel Wire, Indented, Low-Relaxation for Prestressed Concrete Railroad Ties" This enti ise nef fe esgnsion ABBUAREIM; tu tor aly ellawing dso ase the ear toel napintas eon the yer evn A mite i pareases Indsies yo bsc rear ‘Apert spon Ce) roles a evil change sc te hs ein oF vapor 1. Scope* LLU This specification covers uncoated, indented, iaw- relaxation steel wire for use as prestessing tendons in conercto ‘ailroad tes. 1.2 The values stated in either inch-pound units of $1 anits are to be regarded separately as standard, Within the text, the SST units are shown in brackets, The values stated in cach system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, exch system shall be used independently of the adher. Combining values from the fo systems may result in non-conformonee: with the standard, 2, Referenced Documents ‘2A_ASTM Stanudards® ‘A370. Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products AAZI/A4IM Specification for Uncoated Stress-Relieved ‘Steel Wire for Prestressed Concrete ‘A700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, end Loading Meth- ‘ods for Steel Products for Shipment E328 Test Methods for Stress Relaxation for Materials and Structures!» 2.2 US, Military Standards: MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage 2.3 US, Pederal Standard? Fed, Sid, No. 123 Masking for Shipment (Civil Agoncies) “This scifeton tun he use of AST Covmites AOL en Stel, ‘Suns Str! wat Roe Alloys he ct espacio Suber ‘AGIOS on Stel Retvowemen ‘Cura! ediion syed De, , 2040. Pudi Inowry 211. Orgingiy oproved in 1990 La previo cihion approved in 005 8 ARGH = 08, (Boke roszbacdsi aGsstN0, or ccfecneed ASTM sana, vis he ASTM webs, ww otro comet ASTH Catone Seize a seianascr, For Arial Bone of ASTAC ‘Stole orse ivaonton fetid Soca. SOMA PQ? We ASTM wette alle Fest Swaalzaioe Doses Ode Och, BODSSP, Ble 4. Soution D,. 700. 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Terminology 3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Stardard: A.L.t indented steel wire for railroad ties, »—indsated, cold-drawn, uncoated, low-relaxation wire intended for use as pprestressing tendons in concrete railroad ties, the wire surface having indentations that reduce longitudinal moveracnt of the. wire while also providing consistent prestress transfer Fength. 3.1.2 low-relaxation wire, n—indeoted cold-drawn wire, straightened, that receives a suitable continuous dermo- mechanical tweaiment asthe tast operation 49 preduce the properties tisted 4, Ordering Information 4.1 ff shall be the responsibility of the purchaser to specify all requiroments that are necessary for material erdered to this specification, Such requirements shall inelude, but are not limited to, the following: ALLL Quantity éweight (mass, 4.1.2 Name of material (indented, law-relaxation sleet wire for prestressed conerete railroad ties), 4.13 Required mioimors tensile strength (see Table 1), 4.1 Nominal diemetes, 4.15 Packaging, 4.1.6 ASTM designation and year of issve, and 4.7 Special requirements (suuh as, indentation sidewall angle or outside inspection), if any. 5. Materials and Manufacture SE The stool shall be mate by the electric-sie fusnace, ‘basic-oxygen, or open-heurth process, '5.2 The base metal shall be carbon ste! of such quality that when drawn to wire, indented, and then thermo-mechanically ‘neatcd, shall have the properties and characteristics prescribed in this specitication. 6. Mechanical Property Requirements 6.1 General—Indented wire shall be supplied in packs, or spools the specified mechanical properties in Tabke 1, Mt Shall be permissible to furnish diameters of wire ant ‘A Sonny of Changes section appears af te chido tit ataudard een (2 AST 80 enue, PO BOX EEN West Canscctar Pansy a IHRE REED, ns Copyright bg ASTE Ie (it gis eserves: Wed Feb 16 1:55 EST 21° Downtnadeipenes oy ‘mer Faieg (Catlacorrsed) pom este Agrement. No ftir vemos sod,ily assassin ~10 TABLE 1 Tonsle Strenath Requirements Tonia Wal Neos Tie ‘wom i oo oo Nema! as, av000 8 stom ott tot Died (smo) Fam sez| Geom ee Tora esm bisa {eas roo (94a) onoca [1oaeh tos.) 204 (852) 9000_(30.8)__Oosed_ feet _ 7.11788) “The minal cose seal aya based ca ho noeval diner, The ‘setulae sen ne ay been nt by ring he mass OI fer ear in vl of ee spoon no Sy 2808 (ough of 1 of xe Krse 310" agro? nes of 1 of Ste). Tio arn ol vation 6 ‘apenoun’ on ew Bepa ana carer ot re ndialos. specifically itemized in this speciienion, provided that the strength is defined and they conform otherwise to the require: iments of tis specification. 62. Tensile Sirengrh—The mirimum tensile stength oF the indented wire shall conform to the requirements of Table | ‘Other values of tensile strength and nominal diameters can be specified if shown by test that the strength exceeds thot specified. The. tension test shall be mace in accordance with “Test Methods A370, 6.3 Load at % Bxtension-—Tie load at | % extension shalt be at least 90° of the minimum specified tensile strength ‘when tesed in accordance wits Test Methods A370. GA. Elongition—The percent elongation after Fracture on @ 10-in,(250-menl gage length shall be 3.0% minimum. a ron ees ren eu ‘CENTER Pf @ OTE HOM, WIRE @ me Om 8 9 1480 [e.0eM 5 Bend Test—A 90 degree bead wst (see Fig. {) around a pin ‘six times the nominal diameter of the wire shall be performed once per paclicoil for each row of indentations, With the centerline of the row of indentations located at the ‘outside of the bend. he wite shall be bent at a wniforin rate, with the duration of test to be between 10 and 30 seconds. The. bend location along the axis of the wire specimen shail be random and three locations shal! he tested along the specimen, for a total of nine bends por test, Bach txsnd shall be inspected after testing to ensure no erucking or breaking occurred. 6.6 Retaxation—Relaxstion properties shall be provided at least annually from records of fests on finished wire, Additonal relaxation tests shall be conslucted if there is a change in raw rod supply or type. Tests to satisfy this requirement shall comply with the conditions of Supplementary Requisement S6 ‘of Specification A421/A421M, The relaxation losses are not to exceed 3.5 % after 1000 hours when tested at an ‘80 % of minimum tensile strength. 7. Requirements for Indentations 7.1 Inderrations indentations shell be in three lines spaces uusiformly around the wire with one line of indentations ‘inclined in the opposite direction to the other two. The Indentations shall be placed in respect to the axis of the wire so thatthe Included angle is not less than 45°, as shown in Pig. 2. Pitch and shape shall be consistent , with not more than 10% ~| REACTION F089. (23 mt 201, 808m) NOTES: CENTER PIN AND DRIVING DISC ‘SHALL BE ALLOWED TO ROTATE u ‘TOLERANCE ON DIMENSIONS SHALL BE +/- 5% FIG. 1 Bend Test Configuration Copia by ASTI eG gh reserva Wek Feb 16225510 EST 2021 9 Dowalodedpied by ‘as Fossey (Cx Tncrprte) pun to License Agree. No wher eprdesins aera,AG asstassim — 10 AN wr Seton ken gid sss indentation showing indettion siewa ange (A) FIG. 2 Acceptable Type of Indented Wite being malformed in any 2 ft (600 mm} length of wire, judged visually. Criteria for what constitutes a malformed indentation shall be mutually agreed upon between manufacturer and purchaser as required. 7.2. Type—Iwo acceptable types of indented wire are shown in Fig. 2(0) and (b), with dimensions in Table 2. 7.3 Options—Other types of indented wire are permitted by agreement, provided the wire is comparable with the accepted types in mechanical properties and bond with concrete. "1.4 Indentation Sidewall Angle—The manufacturer and pur- chaser shall agree upon minimun: and maximum indentation sidewall angles (as shown in Fig, 2). The manufacturer shall demonstrate process conirols to meet mutually agreed upon requirements. Now: [Shallow indentation sidewall angles can impart excessive radial forces into the conciete. Similarly, angles that are too sleep can teaues transfer length tothe point of creating excessive bond demand on the eoversie. Depih of indentation, concrete propepties at release of Desires, and wire surface condition ate other Tators to the into Consideration when determining min/max allowable indentation sidewall ‘angles 8, Permissible Variation in Dimensions 8.1 The diameter as determined by weight {mass) of the indented wire shall not vary from the oominal diameter by more than 20.008 ia. [0.08 mm]. Diameter as determined by weight [mas] shall be calculated using the weight (mase] of any given length of wire and densities provided in footnote of “Table | 8.2 The indented wire shall not he out-of round by more than 0.005 in, (0.08 mm). (Measured using a depth gauge by placing the wire on a flat surface and checking maximum’ ‘minimum diameters at the same Gross section. Out-of-round is, the difference between maximum and minimum diameters measured.) 9. Workmanship, Finish, and Appearance 9.1 The wire shall be free of kinks. 9.2 The wire shall be furnished in firmly tied coils, packs, or spools and packaged in such a way to prevent rubbing or collapse during shipment. Each coil, pack, or spool shall be of ‘ane continuous tength. 9.3 There shall be no welds or joints in the finished wire, ‘unless the manufacturer and purchaser mutually agree on a welding process done on wire rod prior to any cold draving, that results in wire properties that are consistent with the intended use. Any welds or joints made after the initial drawing, process shall be removed. 94 Cast (Cursarure}—The curvature of the avite shall be 3 in, [75 mm] maximum offset on a chord 6 ff [1.8 m] long, 9.5 The wire shall not be oiled of greased and must be essentially free of residual wire-drawing lubricants. Slight, rusting, providing itis not suficient to cause pits visible to a person with normal or corrected vision, shall not be eause for rejection, 10. Sampling 10.1 Unless otherwise agreed upoa between the manufac turer and the purchaser test specimens shall be taken from each coil, pack, or spool in alot (see Note 2) and tested to determine, compliance with 6.2-6,5 and Sections 7, 8, and 9, TABLE 2 Dimensions of indentations Nan, nde sidewall angle shal be measured along the cenerin sxis ofthe wite trough the center of indentation, Leading and wating sidewall angles shal be calculated using measured horizontal distances and indentation dept Nam 2—-Depih of indentation shall be the average dab of sx or more random indentations measured at maxim depth, Nomina We Oana, ‘apm a wT Tomine Cong Torin Pach cs ire oe cs lool ory 09) “TE + 601 Oca ‘Oia = O02 20 oat = ome 5 = 05) fO1o"+ ce, 0.05) oz 523) ‘ons dante 0130 002 @st05 — oss00n [56 + 020) Tots « 0.0361 Copyright by ASTM let al gts seve); Wed Feb 16 1288-11 EST 20113 Downisesedorined ty ‘Tames Parsley (exe corporis) paar License Agrement No fer reproditions atedAi asev/assta — 10 Nour: 2—The 14 “Jt” mans all heels packs, spools of wire of ‘he same notes! wire damvler contaiced in ae individual shipping release or shiping oder. 1, Iospection 1.1 Tie purchaser shall state, atthe time of order, whether ‘outside inspection is required. I ouside inspection s required, the manufacturer shall afford the inspector representing the purchaser all reasonable facilities 40 satisly him that che imaleral is being Furnished in aecordanco with this specifica. tion, Ail tests and inspections shall be made atthe place of manufacture prior to shipment, unless otherwise agreed upon a the time of purchase, and shall be so conducted without unnecessaily interfering widk manufacturing operations. 1%. Rejection 12,1 In case atest specimen faite to meet any requirement of this specification, two additional tests shall be mad: on samples of wire from the saine coil, pack, or spool and if failure occurs in either of these tests, the coil/pack/spool shall be rejected. 12.2 Unless otherwise specified, any rejection hused on costs made in accordance with this specification shal! be reported to the manufzcturer within reasonable Jength of time, 13, Certification 13.1 When specified in the purchase order or contract, the nranufactarer’s cerification shall be furnished (o the purchaser stating that samples representing each tot have been manaface lured, tested, and inspected im accordance with this specifica. tion and the requirements have been met, The eer fication shalt nelude the specification umber, year-date of issuc, nd revision letter, if any. A seport of the test results shall be fumished, 13.2 A matedal (est report, certificate of inspection, oF similar document printed from or used in electronic fort from an electronic dela interchange (EDI) transmission shall be regarded as having the same validity a6 & counterpart printed in the cenifie’s fecilly. The content of the EDI transmitted docuzent must mect the requirements of the invoked ASTM standard(s) and conform to any existing, ED! agreement be- tween the purchaser and the supplier, Novwitistarding the absence of a signature, the organization submitting the EDL transmission is responsible for the content of the report Novi 3—The intasty definition as invoked here is: BD! is the ‘computerto-compacer exchange of business nfeumaian ia = standard form svoh es ANSE ASC X12, 14, Packaging and Package Marking. H4.1 The nominal diameter of the indented wire, ASTM specification designation, and name or mark of the manufac- turer shall be marked on a tag securely attached to each bundle of wie. 14.2 For Government Procurement Ons—When specified in the contract as order, and for direct procurement by or direct shipment to the US. Government, material shall he preserved, pckaged, and packed in accordance with the requirements of Practices A700. Marking for shiprzent in addition te equire- mens specified in the contractor order, shall be in aecontance with Fed. Std, No, 125 for civil agencies and MIL-STD-129 for military agencies, 15. Keywords 15.1 concrete railroud tes: indented wire, prestrosse! con crete; steel wire (tendon) SUMMARY OF CHANGES Commitice AOI has identified the location of selected changes te this standard since the last issue (A881/A88iM 05) that may impact the use of this sundard. (Approved Dee. 1, 2010.) 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