Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage: Standard Specification For
Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage: Standard Specification For
Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage: Standard Specification For
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TABLE 1 Appurtenant Material Specifications TABLE 3 Tensile Requirements
NOTE 1— The specifier should be satisfied of the suitability of these Elongation Percent,
materials for the intended application. Composition and/or mechanical Yield Point, min Tensile Strength, min min
properties may be different than specified in this specification.
in 8 in. or in 2 in. or
Grade ksi MPa ksi MPa 200 mm 50 mm
ASTM Specification of Material to be Fur-
Commodity 30 30 [205] 49 [340] 17 23
nished with Steel Sheet Piling
33 33 [230] 52 [360] 16 22
Plates, bars, structural shapes A 36/A 36M 36 36 [250] 53 [365] 15 21
Rivets A 502 Grade 1 or Grade 2
Bolts A 307, Grade A or F 568, Class 4.6
High strength bolts A 325 or A 325M
Steel nuts A 563 or A 563M
taken from the source material or from the sheet piling. If test
specimens are obtained from the sheet piling, they are to be
TABLE 2 Chemical RequirementsA taken from a nondeformed area.
7.3 Plate source material shall be tested in accordance with
Heat Analysis the requirements of Specification A 6 /A 6M, except that the
Element Composition, % test specimen may be taken such that the longitudinal axis of
Carbon 0.25 max the specimens are parallel to the final direction of rolling of the
Manganese 1.50 max
Phosphorus 0.035 max
material. The test specimens shall be taken from the source or
Sulfur 0.04 max from the sheet piling on a nondeformed area.
Copper (when specified) 0.20 min
A
Alloy elements, other than those shown in this table, may be added and shall 8. Identification
be reported with the heat analysis.
8.1 Each piece of piling shall be marked with the manufac-
turer’s name or trademark, this specification number, grade
7. Tension Test designation, heat number, and section size designation, except
7.1 The source material or the sheet piling as provided in 7.2 that secured lifts of piling less than 0.230 in. [5.8 mm] in
and 7.3, as represented by the test specimens, shall conform to thickness may have this identification shown on a tag of
the tensile requirements for the grade specified as listed in substantial size attached to each lift.
Table 3.
7.2 Sheet and strip source materials shall be tested in 9. Keywords
accordance with the requirements of Specification A 1011/ 9.1 bulkheads; cold-formed; light gage; sheet piling; shore
A 1011M or A 1018/A1018M. The test specimens shall be walls; shoring; steel; structural steel; wingwalls
SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
Supplementary requirements shall not apply unless specified in the purchase order or contract.
Standardized supplementary requirements for use at the option of the purchaser are listed in
Specification A 6/A 6M. In addition, the following supplementary requirement is also suitable for use
with this specification.
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Committee A01 has identified the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue
(A 857/A 857M – 00a) that may impact the use of this standard.
(1) Specifications A 1011/A1011M and A 1018/A 1018 were (3) Grade 25 was removed from Table 3.
added to section2 in lieu of Specification A 570.
(2) Phosphorus content in Table 2 was revised from 0.35 % to
0.035 %.
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