Standard Specification for Uncoated, Stress-Relieved Steel Bars for Prestressed Concrete Ties

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This specification covers uncoated, stress-relieved steel bars for prestressed concrete railroad ties. Analysis of the steel shall conform to the chemical requirements specified by the specification. Mechanical requirements including test method, tensile strength, yield strength, elongation and wrapping test are provided. One test specimen each for the tensile test and the wrapping test shall be taken for every 10 coils or fraction thereof in a lot.
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1.1 This specification covers uncoated stress-relieved steel bars for use in prestressed concrete railroad ties.
1.2 Supplement I describes low-relaxation bars and relaxation testing for that product. Low-relaxation bars shall be furnished when specifically ordered, and may be furnished in place of regular bars if mutually agreed to by the purchaser and manufacturer.
1.3 This specification is applicable for orders in either inch-pounds units (as Specification A 911) or in SI units (as Specification A 911M).
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standards. 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 independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification.

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Designation: A911/A911M – 05
Standard Specification for
Uncoated, Stress-Relieved Steel Bars for Prestressed
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Concrete Railroad Ties
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA911/A911M; 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* MIL-STD-163 Steel Mill Products Preparation for Ship-
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ment and Storage
1.1 This specification covers uncoated stress-relieved steel
bars for use in prestressed concrete railroad ties.
3. Terminology
1.2 Supplement I describes low-relaxation bars and relax-
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
ation testing for that product. Low-relaxation bars shall be
3.1.1 lot, n—all the coils of bars of the same nominal bar
furnished when specifically ordered, and may be furnished in
size contained on an individual shipping release or shipping
place of regular bars if mutually agreed to by the purchaser and
order, from the same cast or heat of steel.
manufacturer.
1.3 This specification is applicable for orders in either
4. Ordering Information
inch-pounds units (as Specification A911) or in SI units (as
4.1 It shall be the responsibility of the purchaser to specify
Specification A911M).
all requirements that are necessary for bars ordered to this
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
specification. Such requirements shall include, but are not
are to be regarded separately as standards. Within the text, the
limited to, the following:
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
4.1.1 Quantity (weight) [mass],
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must
4.1.2 Name of material (uncoated, stress-relieved bars for
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
prestressed concrete railroad ties),
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-
4.1.3 Diameter of bar (inches) [millimetres],
cation.
4.1.4 Packaging,
4.1.5 ASTM designation and year of issue, and
2. Referenced Documents
2 4.1.6 Special requirements, if any.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
NOTE 1—A typical ordering description is as follows: 100 tons [90 t]
of Steel Products uncoated, stress-relieved steel bars for prestressed concrete railroad ties,
0.394-in. [10-mm] diameter bars in 6.5-ft [2.0-m] diameter coils toASTM
E328 Test Methods for Stress Relaxation for Materials and
A XXX – [A XXXM – ].
Structures
2.2 Federal Standard:
5. Manufacture
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Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipments (CivilAgencies)
5.1 The bars shall be made from properly identified heats of
2.3 Military Standards:
3 steelmadebytheelectric-furnace,theopen-hearth,orthebasic
MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
oxygen process.
5.2 After hot-rolling, the bars shall be cold-drawn and
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
finally stress-relieved by induction heat treatment to produce
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
the desired mechanical properties and then coiled.
A01.05 on Steel Reinforcement.
Current edition approved May 1, 2005. Published May 2005. Originally
6. Chemical Requirements
published in 1992. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as A911/A911M – 02.
DOI: 10.1520/A0911_A0911M-05.
6.1 An analysis of each heat of steel shall be made by the
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
manufacturer from test samples taken during the pouring of
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
each heat.
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. 6.2 The analysis of the steel shall conform to the chemical
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requirements specified in Table 1.
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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements TABLE 3 Relaxation Requirements
A
Element Composition, % f /f Max Stress Losses after 1000 h, %
pi pu
A
Carbon 0.70–0.90 0.50 1.0
Silicon 0.10–0.35 0.60 1.0
B
Manganese 0.50–0.90 0.70 2.5
Chromium, max 0.15 0.80 5.0
Phosphorus, max 0.030
A
f = initial prestress load, and
pi
Sulphur, max 0.035
f = specified minimum tensile strength.
pu
Copper, max 0.30
A
Carbon in any one lot shall not vary more than 0.13 %.
B
Manganese in any one lot shall not vary more than 0.
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