Fabricated Deformed Steel Bar Mats for Concrete Reinforcement Sta ard Specificanon for AASHTO DESIGNATION: M S4M/M 54-94 (1998) (ASTM DESIGNATION: A 184A 184M.90) 1. SCOPE LL. This specification covers: mare- tial in mat (or sheet) form fabricated from hot-rolled deforined steel bars to tue wed for the reinforcement of con sree The mare shall consist of (wo layers of ars that ure assembled at right angles fo each other. Mats may he assembled by slipping. or weleing at the intersections L2 This specification 5s applicable to orders in either $1 units (as M 54M) or ineh-pounel units (ay M54). ST units su inelepoud units ate not necessarily tquivalent, Inch-pound nits are. shown m brackets in the text for elaity. but they are Ure applicable values when the material is ordered 10 M4 2, REFERENCED DOCUMENTS, 2A AASHTO Standards MOMIMIM 41 Deformed sind Plain Billet-Steel Bars for Conereie Reinforce M MIM 42. Rail-Steel De Tormed and Phin Bars for Concrete Reinforce wot MSIMIM S3. Asle-Stao! De formed and Plain Bars for Concrete Reinforce meat 22 ASTM Seandanks A T0GIA 706M Specification for Low-Alloy Stecl Defomed and Plein Bars for Concrete Rein forcement 23° Military Stundards MIL-S11-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage MIL-STD-163 Steel Mit Produits Preparation, ‘or Shipment and Storage 2a Federal Standard Fed. Std No. 123 Marking for Shipmeats (Civil Agencies) 3. ORDERING INFORMATION 3:1 The purchaser should specify, 3.1 Quantity, B.L2 Size anid spacing of snembes in cach direction, 31.3 Grade required 300, 350, 420 [in, 50, 60, Sild Type of steel as appropriate Geciion 4 5 Clipped or welded mats, und 3.6 AASHTO M 54MM 54 and ‘year of issue! NOTE 1A peal dering description ie as follows: 1000 clipped bar mits tt AASHTO M 53M fabricated fn Grade 300 bs to AASHTO M 31M 130 by 150 nm, No, 10 by 3% 21 login inal ip @ vp, euler lars spaced 2820 mm [1000 sete bar taics tn AASHTO M4 Grable 40, Ghy 6 in; No.4 by 120 in Langitodiol tip top, outer bars space 54 in, No. 3 by 60 in spaced 114 Ta] teaver, omer burt 4, MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURE, 41 Deformed steel bars of Grades 300, 350, and 420 (40, 50, and 60) uscd sn the manufacture of clipped mats stall conforms to one of the following speciti- cations: M 31M [M 31 ].M 42M [M 42}, M 52M [M 53]. of A 706M [A 706) 4.2 Deformed steel hars of Grade 300 (40) used in the mumutuctuce of ‘welded mats shall conform to Specific: tion MSM IM 31], Deformed stee! bars fof Grade 420 [60] used int the manufac: tuce of welded mats shall conform 10 Specification M31M [M31] or A 706M [A 796} FABRICATION 5.1 Fabricated mals shall be com posed of (wo layers of bars substantially parallel and perpendicular (0 ach armor Macs shall be fabricated ina aramncr Unt ssouies against appreciable dislodgement fol the members during, handing, stup- ping, placing, und concreting 5.2 Assembly Mats shall be assem bled by means of welding oF chppine to provide actclunent at intersections. SQL Welds 52.11 Welds ar imtersecnons shall he mude ina workoanlike nawner and shall provide attachment at all exterior Intersections and et less chan alternate interior intersections. $2.12 The separation of 5 percent for less of all welded intersections of any smal shall nol be cause for rei ‘ion provided that no more than half of rhe welds on any one har arc separated. $2.13 Welding shall be done i such a manaer that the miaimim tensile strength, yickd strength, and clongation requirements in Section 4 shall be met shen @ specimen is tested across a pout of weld. 52.2 Clips Clips for clipped mats shall be formed mechanically prior 6 or during Ue fabrication and assembly of the mats. They shall engage and attach, oth hare at any intersestion in such2 manner that sepacition in normal hen dling is prevented and the assembly con- forms to the requiromenis Rereinafter specitied for physical tests of attachment st folenwetions. MECHANICAL. PROPERTIES GA Strength of Connections in Welded or “Clipped Deformed Baar Mags-—X shall be consid satisfactory compliance with this specification ifn rections made by cipping shall he eapa- Ue of withstanding a static load of 335, NY (95 bf] existed in the direction of either bar, with not more than 13. mm (ind slip; and, on either clipped or Welded mats, a sttic loud of 670 N [150 Iofl exened perpendicular to the pl of the nuit wading to ceparate the bars, ‘with no apparent loosening when applied to one intersection of connected bars 62 Nunber oy Tests 62.1 For clipped mats one bar of each size (dhameter| or gra ( be used in the fabrication of ihe mat shall be tested for conformance with me: provi sions of Section 6.1 for exch 7000 en? 175000 1] of mats oF fraction there 6.1.2 For welded mats, one. sample cemsistng ot not Jess than two eonne tions 00 the sume transverse membe shall be tested or conformance with the provisions of paragraphs Sections 5.2.1.4, au 6.1 from cach 30 ey? [75000 (2 oF puts oF fraction theswof 6.3 Test Methods 6.3.1 Tension rest specimens for de- termining conformance wath Section 52.1.3 shall haye a wee jlut located approxinately al the eanter of the bur being tested, and the enoss har shall ex tend approximately 25 um [I in.] beyond cach side, All unt ress detevsalnations shall be based oo the nominal area calew luted using the nominal diameter speci- fied 6332 Tests of vomectons against slipping may he performed on elect intersections in an assembled mat. by means of a spring balunce (Section 6.1), G33 Tests oF connections against separation may be performed en an as sembied mat by placing blocks unter a welded ur clipped deformed bar ia xe ‘upper layer «id applying the presceibed Jad upon the bar ia the lower layer. SPLCIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS. 7. SULM, DIMENSIONS, AND TOLERANCES TL Size and Spacing Dimen- sions—The sizes, spueings, dimensions, ‘ant arrangement of te bar mas stall conforen to the design specified by the purchaser. Bars shull extend heyond ex lerior intersections a distance of not less thaw 25 mu [1 in.) The spacing of bax sha erage that specified inthe design, aud the space herween individual bars shall not vary more than & mm [5 in.) from that saeciied, 72 Width and Length Toler: ances The overall length or width of lhe mars shall not be more than 25 mm [1 ing] greater or lees than the specified mension, 8. FINISIL AND SURFACI CONDITION 8.1 The finished mats shail be fe ‘oF tnyurious defects in inaterial or work rssh, 82 Rus, surface seams, surface i rwgularities. or mill scale shall. not be cause Jor fejection provided the amass dimensions including thon, emsesectional area. ard tensile properties of a hand wise-brushed test specimen ate not less than the reguise= mens of this 5) right ef deforma INSPECTION AND 1 REPORTS 9.1 Inspeetion The inspector rep reseuting the purchaser shall have free entry, at all times while work on the ‘eontract of the purchaser is. being per= formed, 10 all parts of the mannfacturer's plant that concen the fabrication of the ‘ats ordered. "The manufacturer shall al- ford the inspectur all reasonable facilities Mi S4M to satisfy that the mats are being fur- nishied in accosdance with this spacitica- tion. All tests and inspection shall be made at the place of fabrication price 10 shipment, unless orherwise specified, and shall be so vouducted as not 10 interfere unnecessarily with fubrivating opera tious. Inspection as 19 general workman- ship shall be visual, 92 Tea Reports on Bar Mate igl—The manufacturer shall supply test reports showing that the material used im the fabrication of the mats as delivered has fulfilled the tension and bend lest requirements of the specified type and grade described in Section 4, The reports shall show the manufacturer's testidenti- Ficaiion numbers, including tne Wentity of the material 93° For Government Procurement Onle—txcept as otherwise specitied in the contract, the contractor is responsible Jor the performance of all inspection and St requirements specified herein, Ex epl as otherwise specified in the eon Fact, the contractor may use his own ‘or any other suitable fusilitics for the perforntunce of the inspection and test requiremenis specified herein, unless di approved by the purchuser a the time of purciuse. ‘The purchaser stall have the right to peiforn any af the inspec dons and tests at the sume Frequency as set for inthis specification where such inspections are deemed necessary (9 a= sure thar material eonfurmns to prescribed requirerents 10. REJECTION AND RETESTS WI Pabricated mats thar do. not meet the requirements of this spexif tion shall be rejected and reported to the supplier witsin 5 wosking days from the receipt of samples by the purchaser. 10.2 In case a test specimen fails to laivet the provisions of Section 6.1, two seditional samples shall be selected and tested. All retest specimens shall meet the requirements of this specification, 10.3 In case a test specimen fails lo meet the provisions of Seetion 5.2.1.3, all of the remaining bars on the transverse member shall be tested and the averave ‘of all rests (including the original rest)MM SPECIFICATIONS FOR MATERIALS shall meet the requirements specified in Section §.2.1.3. 11, REHEARING TLL Samples tested in avcondunce wilh this specification that represent re- jected material shall be preserved for 2 weeks from the dale rejection is reported 4 the manufacturer, In case of dissatis- faction with the results of the tests, the supplier may make claim for a hearing within that time. 12, MARKING 121 Each bundle of mats stall be marked with a suitable tag showing the name of me manufacuurer and other marking 19 idestify it with the order. 122 For Government Procurement Only-—When specified in the contract, material shall be preserved, packaged, and packed in accurdance with he requitemense of MIL-STD.16%. ‘The applicable levels shall be us soecified in the contract, Marking for each ship ‘ment of such material shail be in accxr= ance with Ped, Std. Nu, 123 for civil agencies and MIL STD: 129 for military agencies,