The document outlines the ASTM A 185/A 185M standard specification for steel welded wire reinforcement used in concrete. It details the scope, terminology, materials, manufacturing processes, mechanical property requirements, and ordering information for welded wire reinforcement. The standard has been approved for use by the Department of Defense and has undergone revisions, with the latest version issued in 2005.
The document outlines the ASTM A 185/A 185M standard specification for steel welded wire reinforcement used in concrete. It details the scope, terminology, materials, manufacturing processes, mechanical property requirements, and ordering information for welded wire reinforcement. The standard has been approved for use by the Department of Defense and has undergone revisions, with the latest version issued in 2005.
The document outlines the ASTM A 185/A 185M standard specification for steel welded wire reinforcement used in concrete. It details the scope, terminology, materials, manufacturing processes, mechanical property requirements, and ordering information for welded wire reinforcement. The standard has been approved for use by the Department of Defense and has undergone revisions, with the latest version issued in 2005.
The document outlines the ASTM A 185/A 185M standard specification for steel welded wire reinforcement used in concrete. It details the scope, terminology, materials, manufacturing processes, mechanical property requirements, and ordering information for welded wire reinforcement. The standard has been approved for use by the Department of Defense and has undergone revisions, with the latest version issued in 2005.
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Designation: A 185/A 185M – 05a
Standard Specification for
Steel Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain, for Concrete1 This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 185/A 185M; 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. This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* 3. Terminology 1.1 This specification covers welded wire reinforcement to 3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard: be used for the reinforcement of concrete. 3.1.1 convoluted wire—when wire for welded wire rein- NOTE 1—Welded wire for concrete reinforcement has been described forcement is formed into a sinusoidal wave shape, it is by various terms: welded wire fabric, WWF, fabric, and mesh. The wire commonly referred to as convoluted wire. The wire is used in reinforcement industry prefers the term “welded wire reinforcement” the manufacture of cages for certain applications of concrete (WWR) as being more representative of the range of products being pipe reinforcing. manufactured. Therefore, the term “welded wire fabric” has been replaced 3.1.2 welded wire reinforcement—as used within the scope with the term “welded wire reinforcement” in this specification and in and intent of this specification, designates a material composed related specifications. of cold-drawn steel wire, as-drawn or galvanized, fabricated 1.2 The values stated in inch-pound or SI units are to be into sheets or rolls by the process of electric resistance regarded as standard. Within the text the inch-pound units are welding. The finished material shall consist essentially of a iTeh Standards shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used inde- series of longitudinal and transverse wires arranged substan- tially at right angles to each other, and welded together at
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pendently of the other. Combining values may result in
4. Ordering Information points of intersection.
2. Referenced Documents 2.1 ASTM Standards: 2 DocumentallPreview 4.1 It shall be the responsibility of the purchaser to specify requirements that are necessary for the manufacture and A 82/A 82M Specification for Steel Wire, Plain, for Con- delivery of the welded wire reinforcement under this specifi- crete Reinforcement ASTM A185/A185M-05a cation. Such requirements to be considered include, but are not A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading limited to, the following: https://standards.iteh.ai/catalog/standards/sist/4c73c9d5-d18f-43c2-98cd-acd9234c0625/astm-a185-a185m-05a Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment 4.1.1 Quantity (mass [weight] or square area), 2.2 Military Standards: 4.1.2 Name of material (welded wire reinforcement for MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage3 concrete), MIL-STD-163 Steel Mill Products Preparation for Ship- 4.1.3 Wire spacings and sizes, ment and Storage3 4.1.4 Minimum yield strength if Supplement S 1 of Speci- 2.3 Federal Standard: fication A 82/A 82M applies. Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipments (Civil Agencies)3 4.1.5 Yield strength measurement. The purchaser shall have the options described in Specification A 82/A 82M Section 11.3 1 4.1.6 Exclusion of oversteeling, if required (see 8.4.2), This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, 4.1.7 Length and width of sheets or rolls, Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee A01.05 on Steel Reinforcement. 4.1.8 Packaging (see Section 15), Current edition approved June 1, 2005. Published July 2005. Originally approved 4.1.9 Request for outside inspection (if not requested, 15.1 in 1936. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as A 185 – 05. applies), and 2 For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM 4.1.10 ASTM designation and year of issue. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on NOTE 2—A typical ordering description is as follows: 100 3 300 – the ASTM website. 3 MW100 3 MW40 2450 mm 3 6 m [4 3 12 – W15 3 W6 96 in. 3 20 Available from Standardization Documents, Order Desk, Bldg. 4, Section D, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094. ft.] in secured bundles of flat sheets, to ASTM A 185– _______ .
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
1 A 185/A 185M – 05a 5. Materials wire in square inches]. Typical examples of the 40 % or more 5.1 The wire used in the manufacture of welded wire wire size differential area are as follows: reinforcement shall conform to Specification A 82/A 82M and Larger Smaller Size No. MW129 [W 20] Size No. MW52 [W 8] its Supplement S1 if so ordered. Size No. MW97 [W 15] Size No. MW39 [W 6] 5.2 Welded wire reinforcement shall be furnished either in Size No. MW65 [W 10] Size No. MW26 [W 4] flat sheets, or in rolls, as specified by the purchaser. 7.4.1 Welded wire reinforcement having a relationship of longitudinal and transverse wires other than those covered in 6. Manufacture 7.4 shall not be subject to the weld shear requirement. 6.1 The wires shall be assembled by automatic machines or 7.4.2 Weld-shear tests for determination of conformance to by other suitable mechanical means that will assure accurate the requirements of 7.4 shall be conducted using a weld tester spacing and alignment of all wires of the finished welded wire as described in Section 10. reinforcement. 7.4.3 Four welds selected at random from the specimen 6.2 Longitudinal and transverse wires shall be securely described in 10.2 shall be tested for weld shear strength. The connected at every intersection by a process of electrical- transverse wire of each test specimen shall extend approxi- resistance welding which employs the principle of fusion mately 25 mm [1 in.] on each side of the longitudinal wire. The combined with pressure. longitudinal wire of each test specimen shall be of such length 6.3 Wire of proper yield strength and quality when fabri- below the transverse wire so as to be adequately engaged by cated in the manner herein required shall result in a strong, the grips of the testing machine. It shall be of such length serviceable mat-type product having substantially square or above the transverse wire that its end shall be above the center rectangular openings. It shall be fabricated and finished in a line of the upper bearing of the weld tester. workmanlike manner and shall conform to this specification. 7.4.4 The material shall be deemed to conform to the NOTE 3—A variation of manufacturing includes the application of one requirements for weld shear strength if the average of the four or more longitudinal convoluted wires at one edge of welded wire samples complies with the value stipulated in 7.4. If the reinforcement for concrete pipe reinforcing cages. This shape allows the average fails to meet the prescribed value, all the welds across
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cage ends to be expanded to a larger diameter to accommodate the the specimen shall then be tested. The welded wire reinforce- ment shall be deemed acceptable if the average of all weld
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7.1 Tensile—Wire for the production of welded wire rein- 8.Preview Dimensions, Mass, and Permissible Variations A 82/A 82M. Tensile 8.1 Width—The width of welded wire reinforcement shall tests shall be made on wire cut from the welded wire be considered to be the center-to-center distance between reinforcement and tested either across or between the welds; no ASTM less than 50 % shall be across welds. Tensile tests across a weld A185/A185M-05a outside longitudinal wires. The permissible variation shall not exceed 13 mm [1⁄2 in.] greater or less than the specified width. https://standards.iteh.ai/catalog/standards/sist/4c73c9d5-d18f-43c2-98cd-acd9234c0625/astm-a185-a185m-05a shall have the welded intersection located approximately at the In case the width of flat sheets or rolls is specified as the overall center of the wire being tested and the cross wire forming the width (tip-to-tip length of cross wires), the width shall not vary welded intersection shall extend approximately 25 mm [1 in.] more than 625 mm [61 in.] from the specified width. beyond each side of the welded intersection. 8.2 Length—The overall length of flat sheets, measured on NOTE 4—Tensile, reduction of area, and bend testing are normally done any wire, shall not vary more than 625 mm [61 in.], or 1 %, at the time the wire is drawn. The manufacturer’s finished product shall whichever is greater. meet the requirements of this specification and Specification A 82/A 82M. 8.3 Overhang of the transverse wires shall not project 7.2 Reduction of Area—The ruptured section of the tensile beyond the centerline of each longitudinal edge wire more than specimen shall be measured to determine this property. In the a distance of 25 mm [1 in.], unless otherwise specified. When case of a specimen which has been tested across a weld, the transverse wires are specified to project a specific length measurement shall be made only when rupture has occurred at beyond the center line of a longitudinal edge wire, the a sufficient distance from the center of a weld to permit an permissible variation shall not exceed 13 mm [1⁄2 in.] greater or accurate measurement of the fractured section. The wire shall less than the specified length. meet the minimum reduction of area requirements of Specifi- 8.4 The permissible variation in diameter of any wire in the cation A 82/A 82M. finished welded wire reinforcement shall conform to the 7.3 Bend Test—The wire shall withstand the bend test as tolerances prescribed for the wire before fabrication, in Speci- described in Specification A 82/A 82M and shall be performed fication A 82/A 82M, with the following exceptions: on a specimen taken from between the welds. 8.4.1 Because of the mechanical characteristics of fabricat- 7.4 Weld Shear Strength—The weld shear strength between ing welded wire reinforcement, the out-of-round requirements longitudinal and transverse wires shall be tested as described in shall not apply. Section 10. The minimum average shear value in Newtons 8.4.2 Unless otherwise precluded by the purchaser in 4.1, shall be not less than 241 multiplied by the nominal area of the the manufacturer shall be permitted to apply over-sized wire. larger wire in square millimetres [or in pounds-force shall not The size differential shall not exceed two “W” size increments be less than 35 000 multiplied by the nominal area of the larger on sizes MW52 [W 8] and smaller, and four “W” size
increments on sizes larger than MW52 [W 8]. A “W” size characteristics shall be made for each 7 000 m2[75 000 ft2] of increment is a whole number increment, for example, W 5 to welded wire reinforcement or remaining fraction thereof. W 6, or W 5.4 to W 6.4, etc. In all cases where such over- 9.2 One test for conformance to weld shear strength require- steeling is practiced, the manufacturer shall identify the welded ment shall be made for each 28 000 m2[300 000 ft2] of wire reinforcement with the style originally ordered. With the welded wire reinforcement or remaining fraction thereof. permission of the purchaser, the manufacturer shall be permit- ted to exceed the limits of this section. 10. Weld Shear Test Apparatus and Methods 8.5 The average spacing of wires shall be such that the total number of wires contained in a sheet or roll is equal to or 10.1 As the welds in welded wire reinforcement contribute greater than that determined by the specific spacing, but the to the bond and anchorage value of the wires in concrete, the center-to-center distance between individual members shall not weld acceptance tests shall be made in a weld tester that vary more than 6.35 mm [1⁄4 in.] from the specified spacing. stresses the weld in a manner similar to which it is stressed in Sheets of welded wire reinforcement having the specified concrete. In order to accomplish this the vertical wire in the length shall not be required to contain an identical number of weld tester shall be stressed in an axis close to its center line. transverse wires, and therefore, shall be permitted to have Also the horizontal wire shall be held closely to the vertical various lengths of longitudinal overhang. wire, and in the same relative position, so as to prevent rotation 9. Number of Tests of the horizontal wire. When the welded wire reinforcement is 9.1 One test for conformance to tensile strength and bend requirements, and one check for conformance to dimensional
