Designation: A 615/A 615M – 01b American Association State Highway andTransportation Officials Standard
AASHTO No.: M 31
Standard Specification for
Deformed and Plain Billet-Steel Bars for Concrete
Reinforcement1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 615/A 615M; 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
1.1 This specification covers deformed and plain billet-steel
bars for concrete reinforcement in cut lengths and coils. The
standard sizes and dimensions of deformed bars and their
number designations are given in Table 1. The text of this
specification references notes and footnotes which provide
explanatory material. These notes and footnotes (excluding
those in tables and figures) shall not be considered as require-
ments of the specification.
1.2 Bars are of three minimum yield levels: namely, 40 000
[280 MPa], 60 000 [420 MPa], and 75 000 psi [520 MPa],
designated as Grade 40 [280], Grade 60 [420], and Grade 75
[520], respectively.
1.3 Hot-rolled plain rounds, in sizes up to and including 2
in. [50.8 mm] in diameter in coils or cut lengths, when
specified for dowels, spirals and structural ties or supports shall
be furnished under this specification in Grade 40 [280], Grade
60 [420], and Grade 75 [520]. For ductility properties (elon-
gation and bending), test provisions of the nearest smaller
nominal diameter deformed bar size shall apply. Requirements
providing for deformations and marking shall not be appli-
cable.
NOTE 1—Welding of the material in this specification should be
approached with caution since no specific provisions have been included
to enhance its weldability. When steel is to be welded, a welding
procedure suitable for the chemical composition and intended use or
service should be used. The use of the latest edition of ANSI/AWS D 1.4
is recommended. This document describes the proper selection of the filler
metals, preheat/interpass temperatures, as well as, performance and
procedure qualification requirements.
1.4 This specification is applicable for orders in either
inch-pound units (as Specification A 615) or in SI units (as
Specification A 615M).
1.5 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
are to be regarded as standard. Within the text, the SI units are
shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not
exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used inde-
pendently of the other. Combining values from the two systems
may result in nonconformance with the specification.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
A 6/A 6M Specification for General Requirements for
Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet
Piling2
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
of Steel Products3
A 510 Specification for General Requirements for Wire
Rods and Coarse Round Wire, Carbon Steel3
A 510M Specification for General Requirements for Wire
Rods and Coarse Round Wire, Carbon Steel (Metric)3
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment4
A 706/A 706M Specification for Low-Alloy Steel De-
formed and Plain Bars for Concrete Reinforcement2
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
Determine Conformance with Specifications5
2.2 AWS Standard:
ANSI/AWS D 1.4 Structural Welding Code—Reinforcing
Steel6
2.3 U.S. Military Standards:
MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage7
MIL-STD-163 Steel Mill Products Preparation for Ship-
ment and Storage7
2.4 U.S. Federal Standard:
Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)7
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 deformed bar, n—steel bar with protrusions; a bar that
1 This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.05 on Steel Reinforcement.
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 2001. Published November 2001. Originally
published as A 615 – 68. Last previous edition A 615/A 615M – 01a.
2 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.04.
3 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
4 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.05.
5 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
6 Available from American Welding Society, 550 N.W. LeJeune Road, P.O. Box
351040, Miami, FL 33135.
7 Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, Bldg. 4 Section D, 700
Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
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is intended for use as reinforcement in reinforced concrete
construction.
3.1.1.1 Discussion—The surface of the bar is provided with
lugs or protrusions that inhibit longitudinal movement of the
bar relative to the concrete surrounding the bar in such
construction. The lugs or protusions conform to the provisions
of this specification.
3.1.2 deformations, n—protrusions on a deformed bar.
3.1.3 plain bar, n—steel bar without protrusions.
3.1.4 rib, n—longitudinal protrusion on a deformed bar.
4. Ordering Information
4.1 It shall be the responsibility of the purchaser to specify
all requirements that are necessary for material ordered to this
specification. Such requirements shall include but are not
limited to the following:
4.1.1 Quantity (weight) [mass],
4.1.2 Name of material (deformed and plain billet-steel bars
for concrete reinforcement),
4.1.3 Size,
4.1.4 Cut lengths or coils,
4.1.5 Deformed or plain,
4.1.6 Grade,
4.1.7 Packaging (see Section 21),
4.1.8 ASTM designation and year of issue, and
4.1.9 Certified mill test reports (if desired). (See Section
16.)
NOTE 2—A typical ordering description is as follows: 20 tons, de-
formed and plain billet-steel bars for concrete reinforcement, No. 8, 60 ft
0 in. long, deformed, Grade 60, in secured lifts, to ASTM A 615 – __ .
Certified mill test reports are required.
[19 tons, deformed and plain billet-steel bars for concrete reinforce-
ment, No. 25, 18.3-m long, deformed, Grade 420, in secured lifts to
ASTM A 615M – __ . Certified mill test reports are required.]
5. Material and Manufacture
5.1 The bars shall be rolled from properly identified heats of
mold cast or strand cast steel using the open-hearth, basic-
oxygen, or electric-furnace process.
6. Chemical Composition
6.1 An analysis of each heat of steel shall be made by the
manufacturer from test samples taken preferably during the
pouring of the heats. The percentages of carbon, manganese,
phosphorus, and sulfur, shall be determined. The phosphorus
content thus determined shall not exceed 0.06 %.
6.2 An analysis may be made by the purchaser from finished
bars. The phosphorus content thus determined shall not exceed
that specified in 6.1 by more than 25 %.
7. Requirements for Deformations
7.1 Deformations shall be spaced along the bar at substan-
tially uniform distances. The deformations on opposite sides of
the bar shall be similar in size, shape, and pattern.
7.2 The deformations shall be placed with respect to the axis
of the bar so that the included angle is not less than 45°. Where
the line of deformations forms an included angle with the axis
of the bar from 45 to 70° inclusive, the deformations shall
alternately reverse in direction on each side, or those on one
side shall be reversed in direction from those on the opposite
side. Where the line of deformations is over 70°, a reversal in
direction shall not be required.
7.3 The average spacing or distance between deformations
on each side of the bar shall not exceed seven tenths of the
nominal diameter of the bar.
7.4 The overall length of deformations shall be such that the
gap between the ends of the deformations on opposite sides of
the bar shall not exceed 121⁄2 % of the nominal perimeter of the
bar. Where the ends terminate in a longitudinal rib, the width of
the longitudinal rib shall be considered the gap. Where more
than two longitudinal ribs are involved, the total width of all
longitudinal ribs shall not exceed 25 % of the nominal perim-
eter of the bar; furthermore, the summation of gaps shall not
exceed 25 % of the nominal perimeter of the bar. The nominal
perimeter of the bar shall be 3.14 times the nominal diameter.
7.5 The spacing, height, and gap of deformations shall
conform to the requirements prescribed in Table 1.
8. Measurements of Deformations
8.1 The average spacing of deformations shall be deter-
mined by measuring the length of a minimum of 10 spaces and
dividing that length by the number of spaces included in the
measurement. The measurement shall begin from a point on a
deformation at the beginning of the first space to a correspond-
ing point on a deformation after the last included space.
TABLE 1 Deformed Bar Designation Numbers, Nominal Weights [Masses], Nominal Dimensions, and Deformation Requirements
Bar Designation
No.A
Nominal Weight,
lb/ft
[Nominal Mass,
kg/m]
Nominal DimensionsB Deformation Requirements, in. [mm]
Diameter,
in. [mm]
Cross-Sectional
Area,
in.2 [mm2]
Perimeter,
in. [mm]
Maximum
Average
Spacing
Minimum
Average
Height
Maximum Gap
(Chord of 12.5 % of
Nominal Perimeter)
3 [10] 0.376 [0.560] 0.375 [9.5] 0.11 [71] 1.178 [29.9] 0.262 [6.7] 0.015 [0.38] 0.143 [3.6]
4 [13] 0.668 [0.994] 0.500 [12.7] 0.20 [129] 1.571 [39.9] 0.350 [8.9] 0.020 [0.51] 0.191 [4.9]
5 [16] 1.043 [1.552] 0.625 [15.9] 0.31 [199] 1.963 [49.9] 0.437 [11.1] 0.028 [0.71] 0.239 [6.1]
6 [19] 1.502 [2.235] 0.750 [19.1] 0.44 [284] 2.356 [59.8] 0.525 [13.3] 0.038 [0.97] 0.286 [7.3]
7 [22] 2.044 [3.042] 0.875 [22.2] 0.60 [387] 2.749 [69.8] 0.612 [15.5] 0.044 [1.12] 0.334 [8.5]
8 [25] 2.670 [3.973] 1.000 [25.4] 0.79 [510] 3.142 [79.8] 0.700 [17.8] 0.050 [1.27] 0.383 [9.7]
9 [29] 3.400 [5.060] 1.128 [28.7] 1.00 [645] 3.544 [90.0] 0.790 [20.1] 0.056 [1.42] 0.431 [10.9]
10 [32] 4.303 [6.404] 1.270 [32.3] 1.27 [819] 3.990 [101.3] 0.889 [22.6] 0.064 [1.63] 0.487 [12.4]
11 [36] 5.313 [7.907] 1.410 [35.8] 1.56 [1006] 4.430 [112.5] 0.987 [25.1] 0.071 [1.80] 0.540 [13.7]
14 [43] 7.65 [11.38] 1.693 [43.0] 2.25 [1452] 5.32 [135.1] 1.185 [30.1] 0.085 [2.16] 0.648 [16.5]
18 [57] 13.60 [20.24] 2.257 [57.3] 4.00 [2581] 7.09 [180.1] 1.58 [40.1] 0.102 [2.59] 0.864 [21.9]
ABar numbers are based on the number of eighths of an inch included in the nominal diameter of the bars [bar numbers approximate the number of millimetres of the
nominal diameter of the bar].
BThe nominal dimensions of a deformed bar are equivalent to those of a plain round bar having the same weight [mass] per foot [metre] as the deformed bar.
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Spacing measurments shall not be made over a bar area
containing bar marking symbols involving letters or numbers.
8.2 The average height of deformations shall be determined
from measurements made on not less than two typical defor-
mations. Determinations shall be based on three measurements
per deformation, one at the center of the overall length and the
other two at the quarter points of the overall length.
8.3 Insufficient height, insufficient circumferential cover-
age, or excessive spacing of deformations shall not constitute
cause for rejection unless it has been clearly established by
determinations on each lot (Note 3) tested that typical defor-
mation height, gap, or spacing do not conform to the minimum
requirements prescribed in Section 7. No rejection shall be
made on the basis of measurements if fewer than ten adjacent
deformations on each side of the bar are measured.
NOTE 3—As used within the intent of 8.3, the term “lot” shall mean all
the bars of one bar size and pattern of deformations contained in an
individual shipping release or shipping order.
9. Tensile Requirements
9.1 The material, as represented by the test specimens, shall
conform to the requirements for tensile properties prescribed in
Table 2.
9.2 The yield point or yield strength shall be determined by
one of the following methods:
9.2.1 The yield point shall be determined by drop of the
beam or halt in the gage of the testing machine.
9.2.2 Where the steel tested does not have a well-defined
yield point, the yield strength shall be determined by reading
the stress corresponding to the prescribed strain using an
autographic diagram method or an extensometer as described
in Test Methods and Definitions A 370. The strain shall be
0.5 % of gage length for Grade 40 [280] and Grade 60 [420]
and shall be 0.35 % of gage length for Grade 75 [520]. When
material is furnished in coils, the test sample shall be straight-
ened prior to placing it in the jaws of the tensile machine.
Straightening shall be done carefully to avoid formation of
local sharp bends and to minimize cold work. Insufficient
straightening prior to attaching the extensometer can result in
lower-than-actual yield strength readings.
9.3 The percentage of elongation shall be as prescribed in
Table 2.
10. Bending Requirements
10.1 The bend-test specimen shall withstand being bent
around a pin without cracking on the outside radius of the bent
portion. The requirements for degree of bending and sizes of
pins are prescribed in Table 3. When material is furnished in
coils, the test sample shall be straightened prior to placing it in
the bend tester.
10.2 The bend test shall be made on specimens of sufficient
length to ensure free bending and with apparatus which
provides:
10.2.1 Continuous and uniform application of force
throughout the duration of the bending operation.
10.2.2 Unrestricted movement of the specimen at points of
contact with the apparatus and bending around a pin free to
rotate.
10.2.3 Close wrapping of the specimen around the pin
during the bending operation.
10.3 Other acceptable more severe methods of bend testing,
such as placing a specimen across two pins free to rotate and
applying the bending force with a fixed pin, may be used.
When failures occur under more severe methods, retests shall
be permitted under the bend-test method prescribed in 10.2.
11. Permissible Variation in Weight [Mass]
11.1 Deformed reinforcing bars shall be evaluated on the
basis of nominal weight [mass]. The weight [mass] determined
using the measured weight [mass] of the test specimen and
rounding in accordance with Practice E 29, shall be at least 94
% of the applicable weight [mass] per unit length prescribed in
Table 1. In no case shall overweight [excess mass] of any
deformed bar be the cause for rejection. Weight [mass]
variation for plain rounds shall be computed on the basis of
permissible variation in diameter. For plain bars smaller than
3⁄8in. [9.5 mm], use Specification A 510 [Specification
A 510M]. For larger bars up to and including 2 in. [50.8 mm],
use Specification A 6/A 6M.
12. Finish
12.1 The bars shall be free of detrimental surface imperfec-
tions.
12.2 Rust, seams, surface irregularities, or mill scale shall
not be cause for rejection, provided the weight, dimensions,
cross-sectional area, and tensile properties of a hand wire
brushed test specimen are not less than the requirements of this
specification.
12.3 Surface imperfections or flaws other than those speci-
fied in 12.2 shall be considered detrimental when specimens
containing such imperfections fail to conform to either tensile
TABLE 2 Tensile Requirements
Grade 40
[280]A
Grade 60
[420]
Grade 75
[520]B
Tensile strength, min, psi
[MPa]
60 000 [420] 90 000 [620] 100 000 [690]
Yield strength, min, psi
[MPa]
40 000 [280] 60 000 [420] 75 000 [520]
Elongation in 8 in. [203.2
mm], min, %:
Bar Designation No.
3 [10] 11 9 . . .
4, 5 [13, 16] 12 9 . . .
6 [19] 12 9 7
7, 8 [22, 25] . . . 8 7
9, 10, 11 [29, 32, 36] . . . 7 6
14, 18 [43, 57] . . . 7 6
AGrade 40 [280] bars are furnished only in sizes 3 through 6 [10 through 19].
BGrade 75 [520] bars are furnished only in sizes 6 through 18 [19 through 57].
TABLE 3 Bend Test Requirements
Bar Designation No.
Pin Diameter for Bend TestsA
Grade 40 [280] Grade 60 [420] Grade 75 [520]
3, 4, 5 [10, 13, 16] 31⁄2d B 31⁄2d . . .
6 [19] 5d 5d 5d
7, 8 [22, 25] . . . 5d 5d
9, 10, 11 [29, 32, 36] . . . 7d 7d
14, 18 [43, 57] (90°) . . . 9d 9d
ATest bends 180° unless noted otherwise.
Bd = nominal diameter of specimen.
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or bending requirements. Examples include, but are not limited
to, laps, seams, scabs, slivers, cooling or casting cracks, and
mill or guide marks.
NOTE 4—Reinforcing bar intended for epoxy coating applications
should have surfaces with a minimum of sharp edges to achieve proper
cover. Particular attention should be given to bar marks and deformations
where coating difficulties are prone to occur.
NOTE 5—Deformed bars destined to be mechanically-spliced or butt-
welded may require a certain degree of roundness in order for the splices
to adequately achieve strength requirements.
13. Number of Tests
13.1 For bar sizes No. 3 to 11 [10 to 36], inclusive, one
tension test and one bend test shall be made of the largest size
rolled from each heat. If, however, material from one heat
differs by three or more designation numbers, one tension and
one bend test shall be made from both the highest and lowest
designation number of the deformed bars rolled.
13.2 For bar sizes Nos. 14 and 18 [43 and 57], one tension
test and one bend test shall be made of each size rolled from
each heat.
14. Retests
14.1 If any tensile property of any tension test specimen is
less than that specified, and any part of the fracture is outside
the middle third of the gage length, as indicated by scribe
scratches marked on the specimen before testing, a retest shall
be allowed.
14.2 If the results of an original tension specimen fail to
meet the specified minimum requirements and are within 2000
psi [14 MPa] of the required tensile strength, within 1000 psi
[7 MPa] of the required yield point, or within two percentage
units of the required elongation, a retest shall be permitted on
two random specimens for each original tension specimen
failure from the lot. Both retest specimens shall meet the
requirements of this specification.
14.3 If a bend test fails for reasons other than mechanical
reasons or flaws in the specimen as described in 14.5 and 14.6,
a retest shall be permitted on two random specimens from the
same lot. Both retest specimens shall meet the requirements of
this specification. The retest shall be performed on test speci-
mens that are at air temperature but not less than 60°F [16°C].
14.4 If a weight [mass] test fails for reasons other than flaws
in the specimen as described in 14.6, a retest shall be permitted
on two random specimens from the same lot. Both retest
specimens shall meet the requirements of this specification.
14.5 If any test specimen fails because of mechanical
reasons such as failure of testing equipment or improper
specimen preparation, it may be discarded and another speci-
men taken.
14.6 If flaws are detected in a test specimen, either before or
during the performance of the test, it may be discarded and
another specimen of the same size bar from the same heat
substituted.
15. Test Specimens
15.1 All mechanical tests shall be conducted in accordance
with Test Methods and Definitions A 370 including Annex A9.
15.2 Tension test specimens shall be the full section of the
bar as rolled. The unit stress determination shall be based on
the nominal bar area.
15.3 The bend-test specimens shall be the full section of the
bar as rolled.
16. Test Reports
16.1 When specified in the purchase order, report the
following information, on a per heat basis. Additional items
may be reported as requested or desired.
16.1.1 Chemical analysis including carbon, manganese,
phosphorus,
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