BS5896:1980SpecificationforHighTensileSteel

WireandStrandforthePrestressingofConcrete

Typeof
strand
(1)

7wire
standard

7wire
super

Nominal
diameter
(1)

mm
15.2
12.5
11.0
9.3
15.7
12.9
11.3
9.6

Nominal
tensile
strength
(1)

N/mm2
1670
1770
1770
1770
1770
1860
1860
1860

Nominal
steel
area
(2)

Toleranceon
Nominal
Cross
mass
(2)
Diameter
sectional

area

Mass

Specified
characteristic
breakingload

Specified
characteristic
0.1%proofload

(6)(7)

(4)(6)(7)

Relaxation
Loadat1%
elongation
(4)(6)(7)

mm
mm2
g/m
mm2
g/m
kN
kN
kN
232
197
204
139
1090
+0.4
0.2
93
730
164
139
144
71
557
+0.3
125
106
110
Forall
Forall
0.15 strands strands
52
408
92
78
81
+4%
+4%
150
1180
+0.4
265
225
233
2%
2%
0.2
100
785
186
158
163
75
590
+0.3
139
118
122
0.15
55
432
102
87
90
CONSTRICTIONATBREAK:FORALLSTRANDSDUCTILEWIREBREAKSVISIBLETOTHENAKEDEYE

Minimum
Max
Initialload
elongation (%ofactual relaxation
atmax.load breaking after1000h
load)

Relaxclass2

Forall
strands
3.5%

Forall
wires
60%
70%
80%

Forall
wires
1.0%
2.5%
4.5%

MINIMUMELONGATIONATMAX.LOADFORALLSTRANDS3.5%
Thetypeofstrand,nominaldiameterandnominaltensilestrengthdataaregivenfordesignationpurposesonly.
(2)
Thenominalsteelareaandnominalmassdataaregivenforinformationonly.
(3)
Thenominaltensilestrengthiscalculatedformthenominalcrosssectionandthespecifiedcharacteristicbreakingload.Seenote7
(4)
Thespecifiedcharacteristic0.1%proofloadisapproximately85%ofthespecifiedcharacteristicbreakingload.Alternatively,byagreementbetweenthemanufacturerandthe
purcharser.thecharacteristicloadat1%elongationmaybespecified,whichisapproximately88%ofthespecifiedcharacteristicbreakingload.
(5)
Themodulusofelasticityistobetakenas195+10kN/mm2,unlessotherwiseindicatedbythemanufactured
(6)
Themaximumstandarddeviationsare:
tensilestrength55N/mm2,ortheequivalentvalueexpressedasaload
0.1%proofstress60N/mm2,ortheequivalentvalueexpressedasaload.
(7)
Inviewoftheclosetoleranceondiametersandareas,specifiedcharacteristicloadshavebeenspecifiedratherthatstresses
(1)