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BS 5896:2012

High tensile steel wire and strand for the prestressing of concrete. Specification

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Published:

31 May 2012

Overview
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References
History
Product Details
Descriptors
Coils
Proof stress
Proof loading
Reinforced concrete
Breaking load
Reinforcing steels
Reinforcing materials
Steels
Area
Marking
Strands
Elongation
Wires
Unalloyed steels
Curvature
Weight tolerances
Tensile strength
Sampling methods
Designations
Testing conditions
Prestressing steels
Prestressed concrete
Structural steels
Concretes
Diameter
Drawing (forming process)
Cold-working
Circular shape
High-tensile steels
Dimensional tolerances
ICS Codes
77.140.15 Steels for reinforcement of concrete
91.080.40 Concrete structures
Committee
ISE/104
International relationships
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ISBN
978 0 580 74461 7
Publisher
BSI