CHAPTER 15 GENERAL DESIGN INFORMATION

15.4 MATERIAL PROPERTIES — REINFORCING BARS

Design Aid 15.4.1 Reinforcing Bar Data
ASTM standard reinforcing bars
Bar size Nominal dimensions
designationa Diameter Area Weight or mass
U.S. customary, # SI, # in. mm in.2 mm2 lb/ft kg/m
3 10 0.375 9.5 0.11 71 0.376 0.560
4 13 0.500 12.7 0.20 129 0.668 0.994
5 16 0.625 15.9 0.31 199 1.043 1.552
6 19 0.750 19.1 0.44 284 1.502 2.235
7 22 0.875 22.2 0.60 387 2.044 3.042
8 25 1.000 25.4 0.79 510 2.670 3.973
9 29 1.128 28.7 1.00 645 3.400 5.060
10 32 1.270 32.3 1.27 819 4.303 6.404
11 36 1.410 35.8 1.56 1006 5.313 7.907
14 43 1.693 43.0 2.25 1452 7.650 11.380
18 57 2.257 57.3 4.00 2581 13.600 20.240
a. Many mills will mark and supply bars only with metric (SI) designation, which is a soft conversion. Soft conversion means that the metric (SI) bars have exactly
the same dimensions and properties as the equivalent U.S. customary designation.

  Standard hooks Stirrup and tie-hooks

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Detailing Hook
db dimension A or G

J
A or G

A or G
12db for #6, 7, 8

Hook
D 6db for #3, 4, 5

4d or 21/2 in. minimum

dimension H
dimension

J
Detailing
Detailing

Detailing
db 6db
db dimension D

D D
A or G
D 12db

Bar size, 180° 90° 90° 135°

D D
# A or G J A or G A or G A or G H
3 2 ⁄4
1
5 3 6 1 ⁄2
1
4 4 /4 1
21⁄2
4 3 6 4 8 2 41⁄2 41⁄2 3
5 33⁄4 7 5 10 21⁄2 6 51⁄2 33⁄4
6 41⁄2 8 6 1–0 41⁄2 1–0 8 41⁄2
7 51⁄4a 10 7 1–2 51⁄4 1–2 9 51⁄4
8 6a 11 8 1–4 6 1–4 101⁄2 6
9 9 1–3 111⁄4 1–7
10 10 1–5 1–01⁄2 1–10
U.S. customary units: in. or ft-in.
11 11 1–7 1–13⁄4 2–0
14 1–51⁄2 2–3 1–9 2–7
18 1–101⁄2 3–0 2–3 3–5
a. ASTM A767 requires that bars bent cold prior to hot-dip galvanizing must be fabricated to a minimum bend diameter equal to 7 in. for #7
bar and 8 in. for #8 bar.

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