Characteristics of Grade 60 and Grade 72.5 Re-bars in Pakistan
Journal Title: International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Abstract: In Pakistan, quality assurance of re-bars is practically non-existent and there is no generally accepted testing method for testing of re-bars. Steel re-bars of Grade 60 are exclusively used in Pakistan; however production of high strength re-bars has recently started. In this study, thirty samples of steel re-bars of Grade 60 and thirty samples of Grade 72.5 were tested using ASTM standard testing protocol to obtain the stress-strain curves and comparisons were made between the experimental results of Grade 60 and Grade 72.5 re-bars. It can be concluded that Grade 72.5 steel shows less deformation capacity as compared to Grade 60 steel. For Grade 60 re-bars, the yield strengths of all individual re-bars were much higher than the prescribed minimum yield strength, i.e. 60 ksi. For the Grade 72.5 re- bars, about 50 % of the re-bars did not reach the prescribed minimum yield strength of 72.5 ksi.The experimental curves were then compared with an idealized stress-strain curve developed by using a fractional equation. It is recommended that instead of producing Grade 72.5 ksi reinforcing bars, the traditional ASTM Grade 75 reinforcing bars be produced.
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Shahida Manzoor
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