Wire ВS 5896-1980

Wire for pretension concrete ВS 5896-1980
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ВS 5896-1980
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High strength steel wire for pretension concrete of standard ВS 5896-1980

High strength steel wire of standard ВS 5896-1980 is designed for enforcement of pretension concrete. Iron high-strength ВS 5896-1980 wire is manufactured dented and non-dented.

Supply of BS 5896-1980 wire

High strength iron wire for enforcement of pretension concrete is supplied in coils of different diameters. Wire 4-4,5 mm in diameter is delivered in coils 1,25 m in diameter, high strength wire of 5,0 mm diameter is shipped in coils 1,5 m in diameter, and wire for concrete enforcement 6,00 mm in diameter is supplied in coils of 2 m diameter.

Mechanical properties of high strength wire BS 5896-1980

Nominal diameter, mm 6 5 5 4 4
Nominal tensile strength, N/mm2 1670 1670 1770 1670 1770
Nominal 0,1% max. ultimate tensile strength, N/mm2 1390 1390 1470 1390 1470
Nominal cross-section, mm2 28,3 19,6 19,6 12,6 12,6
Nominal mass, g/m 222 154 154 98,9 98,9
Characteristic breaking strength, kN 47,3 32,7 34,7 21 22,3
Characteristic breaking 0,1% max allowed strength, kN 39,3 27,2 28,8 17,5 18,5
Load at 1% elongation, kN 40,2 21,8 29,5 17,9 19
Min. elongation at max. working load, L=200 mm 3,50%
Min. q-ty of bend-unbend test 4 – for plain wire, 3 – for wire with dents (hacks)
Recovery at
initial load
(% of running load)
60% 1,00%
70% 2,50%
80% 4,50%