IS 6006 : 2014 : Uncoated Stress Relieved Strand For Prestressed Concrete - Specification

Reaffirmed 2019

1 SCOPE

1.1 This standard covers the requirements for manufacture, supply and testing of uncoated, stress relieved, high tensile steel strands for use in prestressed concrete. The following types of strands are covered:

a) Two-wire strand

b) Three-wire strand

c) Seven-wire strand Class 1 and Class 2 (For classification, see Tables 2 and 3)

2 REFERENCES

The standards listed below contain provisions, which through reference in this text constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards listed below:

228 Methods of chemical analysis of steels:

(Part 3) : 1987 Determination of phosphorus by alkalimetric method (third revision)

(Part 9) : 1989 Determination of sulphur by evolution method (for sulphur 0.01 to 0.25 percent) (third revision)

1387 : 1993 General requirements for the supply of metallurgical materials (second revision)

1608 : 2005 Metallic materials — Tensile testing at ambient temperature (third revision)

1956 Glossary of terms relating to iron and steel:

(Part 1) : 1976 General metallurgy, heat treatment and testing (first revision)

(Part 2) : 1976 Steel making (first revision)

(Part 3) : 1975 Hot rolled steel products (excluding sheet and strip) (first revision)

(Part 5) : 1976 Bright steel bar and steel wire (first revision)