AASHTO M204

Full Name

AASHTO M204 – Standard Specification for Stress-Relieved Steel Wire for Prestressed Concrete

Scope

This specification covers two types of stress-relieved, round, high-carbon steel wire commonly used in prestressed linear concrete construction:

  1. Type BA wire is used for applications in which cold-end deformation is used for anchoring purposes (Button Anchorage)

  2. Type WA wire is used for applications in which the ends are anchored by wedges, and no cold-end deformation of the wire is involved (Wedge Anchorage).

Keywords

cold-drawn wire; prestressed concrete; steel wire (tendon); stress-relieved wire

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