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Standard Specification for Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage

Standard Specification for Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage

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1.1 This specification covers cold-formed, light gage carbon steel sheet piling of structural quality for use in the construction of shore walls, trench shoring, cofferdams, wingwalls, bulkheads, and like applications.  
1.2 The nominal thickness of material furnished under this specification shall be 0.25 in. [6.4 mm] or less.  
1.3 When the sheet piling is to be welded, it is presupposed that a welding procedure suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service will be used. See Appendix X3 of Specification A6/A6M for information on weldability.  
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded as the 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 independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification.

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Status
Historical
Publication Date
09-Sep-2000
ICS
77.140.70 - Steel profiles
Technical Committee
A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
Drafting Committee
A01.02 - Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock and Ships
Current Stage
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Replaced By
ASTM A857/A857M-05 - Standard Specification for Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage
Effective Date
01-Sep-2005
Referred By
ASTM A950/A950M-11(2023) - Standard Specification for Fusion-Bonded Epoxy-Coated Structural Steel H-Piles and Sheet Piling
Effective Date
10-Sep-2000

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Designation: A 857/A 857M – 00a
Standard Specification for
Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA857/A857M; 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.
1. Scope A 570/A570M Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Car-
bon, Hot-Rolled, Structural Quality
1.1 This specification covers cold-formed, light gage carbon
steel sheet piling of structural quality for use in the construc-
3. General Requirements for Delivery
tion of shore walls, trench shoring, wingwalls, bulkheads, and
3.1 Material furnished under this specification shall con-
like applications.
form to the requirements of the current edition of Specification
1.2 The nominal thickness of material furnished under this
A 6/A 6M, for the ordered material, unless a conflict exists in
specification shall be 0.25 in. [6.4 mm] or less.
which case this specification shall prevail.
1.3 When the sheet piling is to be welded, it is presupposed
that a welding procedure suitable for the grade of steel and
4. Appurtenant Materials
intended use or service will be used. See Appendix X3 of
4.1 When components of a steel structure are identified with
Specification A 6/A 6M for information on weldability.
thisASTM designation but the product form is not listed in the
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
scope of this specification, the material shall conform to one of
are to be regarded as the standard. Within the text, the SI units
the standards listed inTable 1 unless otherwise specified by the
are shown in brackets.The values stated in each system are not
purchaser. Table 1 does not provide any specification require-
exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used inde-
ments to a manufacturer or processor. Orders to a manufacturer
pendentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystems
or processor should describe the required ASTM designation
may result in nonconformance with the specification.
for product forms not listed in the scope of this specification.
2. Referenced Documents Appurtenant materials delivered shall be compatible in
strength, corrosion resistance, and weldability with materials
2.1 ASTM Standards:
purchased.
A 6/A6M Specification for General Requirements for
Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet
5. Materials and Manufacture
Piling
5.1 Sheet piling shall be produced using one of the follow-
A 36/A36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
ing processes:
A 307 Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts and Studs,
5.1.1 Decoiling coiled material and feeding it through a
60 000 psi Tensile Strength
multi-stand roll-forming mill at ambient temperature, or
A 325 Specification for Structural Bolts, Steel, Heat
5.1.2 Forming cut lengths of material into piling on a press
Treated, 120/105 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength
break.
A 325M Specification for High-Strength Bolts for Struc-
tural Steel Joints [Metric]
6. Chemical Composition
A 502 Specification for Steel Structural Rivets
6.1 The chemical composition of the steel on heat analysis
A 563 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
shall conform to the requirements listed in Table 2.
A 563M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
[Metric]
7. Tension Test
7.1 Thesourcematerialorthesheetpilingasprovidedin7.2
and 7.3, as represented by the test specimens, shall conform to
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel, and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
the tensile requirements for the grade specified as listed in
A01.02 on Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock, and Ships.
Table 3.
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2000. Published October 2000. Originally
published as A 857 – 86. Last previous edition A 857 – 00.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.04.
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