Standard Specifivution Sor Steel Wire, Plain, for Concrete Reinforcement AASHTO DESIGNATION: M 32M/M 32-94 (1998) (ASTM DESIGNATION: A 82.901) 1. SCOPE LA This specification covers cold dwn ized, 10 be usedl as such or in fabricated J wire, asdrawa of galvan 1m, for the reinfareerent of eonerel®, jn) sizes or lees than 2.03-mm [0.080 in} nominal diameter 1.2 The specification is upplivable lor oideis in ether ST units (as Specitiea lion M-32M) or in inch-pound tants (as specification M 32), SI units and incl pound units are not necessarily equiva Jent, Ineh-pond units are shawn in behets jn che wat for clarity, but dey ate the applicable values when the mae rials ordered toy M32, 2 REPERENC EP) DOCUMENTS 2 AASHTO Standards V 244 Mechunical Testing of Stee! Products 22 ASTM Standards: A SIVA G81 M_ Spevilicuion for Zine-Conted (Gat vanieed) Carbon Steet Wire Practices for Packag ing, Marking, and Louding Methods for Steel Products for Do rnestic Shipment Practice for Verifica- buon and Classification of Exuensometers 23° Miliary Stewards MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Store MIL STD-163 Steel Mill Prealuels Preparation for Shipment and Stomge A 700 E83 2A Federal Standard Fed, Std. No. 123. Marking for Shipments (Civil Agencies) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS BA When wire for consre rein- Fureementis ordered by size number, be following relation betacen size oumbe ‘diameter, and area shall apply (lable ent ed "Wire Sizes"): NOTE 1—These sizes cepresent he mast commonly sad emse in hath welded wine Other sizes can be 4. ORDERING INFORMATION 41 Orders for material wo this speci fewion should include the following in- formation, 41.1 Quantity (mass) Wire Nominal Size Diameter. Noman rea, Naeem fi) in?) wos "20s (uot) 323 WAS) wie Bus tors) 174 (a012] wis sap fais} 08 (a018) wo 4.06 [0.160] 12.9 (a2), was 4520178] 16,13 10025) w29 488 [192] 18-70 0929, was si (oii) 32.38 foo, wi 524 (0224) 2881 (on) was 6.07 [0259] 3903 (ans) ws 6.40 10252] 12.26 (0.050) Wss 6.73 10265] 15.48 [C055] we Fo! 10274] 3871 {0.050}, ws Sn (0319) SL61 IL080) 4.1.2 Name of materia! (cold-drawn steel vine for concrete seinforcenent), 413) Wire size number, 444 Packaging (Seetion 15), and 41.8 AASHTO designation and year of issue. NOTE 2—A ypleal ordecing eesenpuon is as fellows: 4S. Mg cold-deawa steal ware for eancrete reinlorcsmnent. siz: No. WS in 2DS-ky. secured oils, in avcordance with AASHTO M 32M. [10008 I, ect drawa steel yire for conerew remnoresmment ze Ne, WS iu 500-18 secured coil, nace ance with AASHTO M32 } MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURE, SL The steel shull be made by ane lor more of the following processes: open hestth, electic-furnaee, or haste-oxygen, 5.2 The wire shall be cold drawn from rods that have been hot rolled from billets. 5.3. Unless otherwise spacified, the wire shall be supplied uncoated. When Nominal Sie Diameter, Nominal Area, Number rom Fn} mun? fin’) wid 907 Was7] waS2 ION) wiz 993 351) 782 [o.r20) wig 1072 022) 9020 (148) WIG 11.46 [0851] 10825 (0.160) Wis 1217 (0479) 116.13 (0.180) 1283 (0.505) 129.03 (0.200), 1340 [0329) 441.90 (0.220) 1408 10.553] 15480 (0210) 1461 [0575] 16770 19-260) 15.6 [0.597] 180.60 (0.240), 1570 [0.618] 193.50 (0.100), 1595 [0.628] 200.00 (0.310)SPECIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS M32M Specited as ealvunized. i shall be gal TARLE2 Tension Test Requires {Matera for Weed Habe] vanized ot nish size eu a and Langer Siz WI 6. MECHANICAL PROPERTY Fa seengh nie MPa Ia sis 151 985 170) REQUIREMENTS Yild sng in Pe 50 (651 345 [sl adc of ae. nin ferent so ww 6.1 Tension Tests 6.11 When tested as described in Mathous and Detinitions T 244, the ma (eral, excepl as specified in’ Section 6.1.2, shall confor to the tensile prop- erty feyuitements 9 Table 1. based on nominal area uf wite 6.1.2 The yield stwcngth shall be 6 termined aw described ip Methods and Definitions AASHTO 7 244 at an exten sion of (005 mann (0.008 in fin] oF gage length. The manufacturer is not Fequired tp test for yield strength, but is ‘responsible for supplying a product that will meet the stipulsted limit when tested, in eoniormance wilh the provisions of Section 11.5. Por determining the yield svength, use a Class B-T extensometer as described in ASTM Method E 83 The extersometsr should be removed from the specimen altar the yield strength has been determined 6.1.3 For material to be use in the fabrication of welded fabric, the tensile and yield strength properiies sball con- form to the requirements given in ‘Table 2 ised on nominal area of the win 6.14 ‘The mateial shall aot exhibit a defivite yield point as evidenved by a disemet drop of the beam or bale in the wee OF the testing prior to reaching wli- mate tensile load, The purcluscr may opt to accept this feanwe as sufficient evidence af compliance with the speci fed minimum yeeld strength tess cov ered in Seotion 113, 6.2 Beud Tests The bend test spec ‘men shall stand being bent at rourn tem Peramice through 18° without cracking ‘on Uw ouside of the beat partion, as prescrited in Tahle ‘For ani cing O50 Ps [OO Kl ole orth he rediccn fon Hall 6 bat Kaw Hw 3 penser TARE ‘Slaz Nombor of We w ul sven seinen Conner than Ww af the spoken ‘bona ‘Test Regul Bend exon pin the diameter of whist S equal to the diameter of the Bend srned « pox he ameter f winch (8 oqual to twice the diameter ee a described in Metods and Definitions AASIITO T 244, aud the wire shall con- form to the reduction of area require ‘ments in Teble 1 and Table 2, 7. PERMISSIBLE VARIATION IN WIRE DIAMETER 7.1 The permissible variation in the diameter of the wire shall conform 10 the requirements given iu Table 4 7.2. ‘Thedifierence between ths mex imam and minimum diameters, as mea sured om any tiven cross seution of the ‘wire, shall be ay more than the tolerances listed in Table 4 for the given wice size 8. WORKMANSHIP, FINISH, AND APPEARANCE 8.1 ‘The wite shall be free of detri- mental imperfections and shall have a ‘workmanlike finish. 8.2 Galvanized wire stull be pro duced ss described in ASTM A 84), regular coating 8.3 Rust, surface seams, or surface inegulaiities shall not be a cause for ejection provided te requirements of Section 8.4 are met: and the minimum dimensions and mechanical properties of 4 Inund wire-brusited (est specimen are not ess than the: requirements of the specitication 8.4 Wite intended for welded fabric shall be sufficiently fwe of rust and levwing lubricant so as net to interfere will electric resistance welding. 9 SAMPLING 9.1 Test specimens for testing me- chanical propenias ehall be full wire see tions and shall be obiained from ends of Wice evils as drawn oras galvarized, The specimens siall be of sufficient length to TABLE4 Pecmissible Variation in Wive Diameter 62 Reduction of Area Test—The we Auotion of area hall be delermined 6 Temishte Nonind Toe Dianete and Min TANLE 1 Tenton Tet Requiremen's She wunber sam in| um fn Vensile strength, min MPu (ksi) $50 [80] ‘Smaller than WS under 6.40 [0.252] 0.08 10,003) Yield stg intra ts) 445 fm] W310 712 in 650 023210 010 Boos} Relucion a cain pecat 34 995 91 in vr WH W20, fn e995 P98 0115 (64 nce TO a ee T3305) el Sent Me leh ot et ever 283 10505) 00 1008) er 1283 ts) 0.20 Io.08)Mam perform testing described in Sections 6.1 and 6.2. 9.2 W any test specimen exhibits ob- vious isolated imperfections. ot repre= sentaive of the product, it may be dis cagded and another specimen substinmed, 19, NUMBER OF TESTS 104 One tension anit one bend rest shall be made from each 9 Mg (10 tens) oF less uf each size of wire or fraction thereof in lot, ar atoral of seven sam les. whichever is less, A lot shall consist Gf all the coils of single size offered for delivery at the same time. 11, INSPECTION AND TESTS HAL The inspector representing the purchaser shall have free entry at all les while work on the contact of the purchaser is being performed, all parts ‘of the manutacturer's works that concent the maunfactaze ofthe material eedezed The manufacturer shal afford he inspe tor all reasonable failies (a assure bien Chat the material is being fuenished ia aecordance with this specication H12 Exvept for yield svength, a {sss and inspection shall ke made atthe place of manufacture prior to shipment Unless ouerwise spevitied, Such tests Stall be so conducted as not w interfere Unnecessanly with the operation of the work 11,3. ths pucchasee considers it de sible to determine compliance with the sield sient» sequitements in Section GAL. yield steengt tests may be: mace in 4 exognized laboratory, oF their repre- senlutive ay make the testa the mil if such tests do not imerfere wonecessarily ‘ith the ull operations. 114. For U.S. Government Procure rent Only ExcEpL as otherwise specie SPRCIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS fied in the contract, the contractor is respensible for the performance of all Inspection and test requirements speci- fied herein, Except as otherwise specitied in the contract, the contractor may use his even or any other suitable facilities fur the performance of the inspection ‘and cost requirements specified herein, unless disapproved by the purchaser at the time of purchase, ‘Tha purchaser shall have the fight t perform any of the inspections and tests at the same tre quency as set fon in this specitietion Where such inspections are deemed nec sary to ensure that materia) contorms to prescrined requirements 12, REJECTION 12.1 Materia that shows deteiniental imporfectiuns subsequent 10 its accep tance a the manufscturer’s works wall be eajested, and the be notified 12.2. Failure of any of the tew speci- ‘mens to comply with the requirements of Las specification sball constitute grounds, for rejection of the Tot represented hy the specimen. The loi may be resubrnitted for aspecbin by testing every coil for the property in which the speciinen failed andl somting aul auconfonitiag evil, 123° Any re} made in accordance with the specifica. wtactuser shall jon based on tests tion shall he rsperted lo the meant fauner within a reasonable peviod of time. The material must be adequately protected and correctly identilied in order Ure the producer may make 4 proper investign tion 13, REHEARING 13.1 Rejected materials shall be pre~ served for 2 petiod of al least 2 weeks frou We date of inspection, dusiug which time the manufacturer may make claim for a rehearing and rewstng, 14, CERTIFICATION 14.1 When specified in the purchase order or conract, + promicer's or sun- pller’s cenification shall be furuished co the puuchaser that the material was man facture, s pled, texted, and inspected in secordaice with this specification and haseen found to meet the requirements. When specified in the purchase order o ceoricaet, a report of the test results shall be urnished. ‘The centtication shall in- clude the specification numiber, yeur-date of issue, and sevision leter, if a ING AND MARKING ISA The site af the wire, AASTITO specification, and name ar mark of the manufacturer shall be murked on 9 ag securely attached 10 each coil of wit 152° Unless otherwise specified. packaging, making, and loading for shipment shall be in-aecortance wath ASTM A 700, 15.3 When specified in the contract ‘or ordige and tor the dircet procurement Dy or diet shipanent to the U.S, Govern iment, when Level A is specified, preser vation, packaging, and packing shall be in aecorcunee with dhe Level A require nent of MIL-STD.163 15.4 When specified in the contract cor order and fur the direct procurement by or direct shipment o the U.S. Govern- iment, meeking for shipment, in addition lw requirements specified in the contact ‘or order, shall be in accerdance with MIL-STD-129 for military ageneiss and fin accurdane with Fed. Sud. No. 12 for civil agencies,