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Is 16172-2014 (Reinforcement Couplers)
Is 16172-2014 (Reinforcement Couplers)
IS 16172 : 2014
Indian Standard
ICS 77.140.15
BIS 2014
March 2014
Price Group 6
FOREWORD
This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by the Concrete
Reinforcement Sectional Committee had been approved by the Civil Engineering Division Council.
Various method of reinforcement splicing that are in use include lapping, welding and by mechanical means.
Lapping of reinforcement bars using binding wires has been the conventional method and is still widely used in
construction projects.
Mechanical means of splicing of reinforcement bars involve joining of two reinforcement bars end to end using
a reinforcement coupler and is a relatively new method being adopted in some important projects. Mechanical
splices may be reliable under conditions of cyclic loading into the inelastic range and may also be advantageous
at locations where inelastic yielding may occur. Mechanical splicing of large diameter bars are often advantageous
as this results in less congestion during concreting and faster construction. However, the condition and quality of
the concrete and minimum clear cover requirements are to be ensured even in case of mechanical splicing of
bars. Further, the material of the reinforcement coupler should be compatible with the material of the reinforcement
bar to be spliced and as well as with the concrete.
With increased use of mechanical splicing systems and reinforcement couplers in construction, a need was felt to
formulate an Indian Standard on the subject so as to specify the requirements for the couplers.
The reinforcement couplers covered in this standard are meant to be used with reinforcing bars conforming to
IS 1786 : 2008 High strength deformed steel bars and wires for concrete reinforcement (fourth revision) and
therefore the requirements have been arrived at on the basis of the properties of reinforcing bars conforming to
IS 1786. The requirements for couplers have been based on the properties of reinforcing bars of grade Fe 550D
of IS 1786 in order to rationalize varieties and avoid difficulty in storing/stacking, for ease of identification by
users (including construction workers) and to avoid inadvertent wrong use of couplers at construction sites.
Specific projects may however require use of reinforcement bars of grades lower than Fe 550D of IS 1786 only
and the requirements for such couplers may be as agreed between the purchaser and the manufacturer or as
specified by the Engineer in Charge of the project, subject to meeting the minimum requirements specified in this
standard. Similarly, in view of limited production and use of reinforcement bars of Fe 600 grade of IS 1786 in the
country, requirements of couplers to be used with such bars have not been presently covered in this standard and
the same may also be mutually agreed.
This standard covers requirements that apply to reinforcement couplers only. This standard does not cover the
performance requirements of mechanically spliced joints in the field. Information on commonly used reinforcement
couplers are given in Annex A. Users may ascertain the limitations associated with use of different types of
reinforcement couplers and are encouraged to follow minimum precautionary installation measures as applicable.
Users are also encouraged to carry out corrosion test in the coupler-bar connections exposed to marine or severe
environmental conditions to rule out any risk of galvanic corrosion. Specialist literature may be referred to in
such cases.
Splicing of bars shall be done in accordance with the relevant requirements specified in IS 456 : 2000 Plain and
reinforced concrete Code of practice (fourth revision).
Assistance has been derived from the following International Standards in the formulation of this standard:
ISO 15835-1 : 2009
ISO 15835 - 2 : 2009
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Indian Standard
REINFORCEMENT COUPLERS FOR MECHANICAL
SPLICES OF BARS IN CONCRETE SPECIFICATION
1 SCOPE
IS No.
4905 : 1968
12872 : 1990
NOTES
1 The performance requirements for couplers to be used with
reinforcing bars conforming to grade Fe 600 of IS 1786 shall
be mutually agreed to between the purchaser and the
manufacturer as per specific project necessities.
2 In specific instances where in a project, reinforcement bars
of grades lower than Fe 550D of IS 1786 are in use, the
performance requirements of couplers to be used with such
reinforcement bars may be mutually agreed between the
purchaser and the manufacturer.
3 TERMINOLOGY
For the purpose of this standard, the terms and
definitions given in IS 1786 and the following shall
apply.
3.1 Mechanical Splice Complete assembly of a
coupler, or an end bearing sleeve including any
additional intervening material or other components
providing a splice of two reinforcing bars.
a)
2 REFERENCES
The standards listed below contain provisions which,
through reference in this text, constitute provision 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
indicated below:
IS No.
1608 : 2005
1786 : 2008
1828 (Part 1) :
2005
Title
1 Tension/Compression testing
machines Verification and
calibration of the force-measuring
system
Methods for random sampling
Metallic materials Verification of
extensometers used in uniaxial
testing
Title
Metallic materials Tensile testing
at ambient temperature (third
revision)
High strength deformed steel bars
and wires for concrete reinforcement
Specification (fourth revision)
Metallic materials Verification of
static uniaxial testing Machines: Part
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3.7 Tests
9 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
5 CLASSIFICATION
5.1 Reinforcement couplers supplied in accordance
with this standard shall be classified into the following
classes:
NOTES
1 Where the performance requirements of couplers are mutually
agreed to between the manufacturer and the purchaser the
requirements for this test shall be as agreed. However, the
tensile strength in such case shall not be less than the specified
minimum tensile strength in IS 1786 for the grade of
reinforcement bar to be spliced.
2 For important structures, the user may specify stringent
requirement of bar break to avoid splice failure and to develop
full tensile strength of the bar.
a) Class H, and
b) Class L.
5.1.1 Couplers which meet both low cycle fatigue test
and high cycle fatigue test requirements of 9.5.1
and 9.5.2 respectively shall be classified and designated
as Class H coupler.
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NOTE Where the performance requirements of couplers are
mutually agreed to between the manufacturer and the purchaser
the test shall be carried out at least for a stress variation from 5
percent to 90 percent of fy, where fy is the specified minimum
yield stress/0.2 percent proof stress in IS 1786 for the grade of
reinforcement bar to be spliced.
11 SAMPLING
CONFORMITY
CRITERIA
FOR
10 TESTS
10.1 Classification of Tests
10.1.1 The static tensile test shall constitute acceptance
test.
10.1.2 The following shall constitute type tests:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
AND
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the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act,
1986 and the Rules and Regulations made thereunder.
The details of conditions under which a license for the
use of the Standard Mark may be granted to
manufacturers or producers may be obtained from the
Bureau of Indian Standards.
ANNEX A
(Foreword and Clause 4)
DIFFERENT MECHANICAL SPLICING SYSTEMS BASED ON TYPE
OF REINFORCEMENT COUPLER USED
A-1 MECHANICAL SPLICING SYSTEMS
BASED ON THREADED COUPLER
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ANNEX B
(Clauses 9.2.1, 9.2.2 and 9.4)
METHOD OF STATIC TENSILE TEST
B-1 PREPARATION OF TEST PIECE
Each individual test report on both the spliced and unspliced specimens shall include at least the following
information:
a) Tensile strength,
b) Total percentage elongation at maximum
force,
c) Load-extension curve to the smaller of 2
percent strain or the strain at specified tensile
strength of the reinforcing bar, and
d) Location of failure, that is within the
mechanical splice length or outside the
mechanical splice length (see 3.4).
Where
F
=
L1 =
L3 =
Lg =
applied Force
L
=
L2 =
coupler Length
in the Range, 2d to 3d
overall Gauge Length in the Range from L1 + 8d to L1 + 10d
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ANNEX C
(Clause 9.3)
METHOD OF SLIP TEST
C-1 PRINCIPLE
Ls = L1 - L2
where
L1 = length of the mechanical splice measured
after loading; and
L2 = length of the mechanical splice measured
before loading.
NOTE Where the performance requirements of couplers are
mutually agreed to between the manufacturer and the purchaser
the test load shall be as agreed. However, for such cases the
test load shall not be less than 0.6fy, where fy is the specified
minimum yield stress/0.2 percent proof stress in IS 1786 for
the grade of reinforcement bar in the splice.
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load shall be maintained until a steady reading
is obtained on both dial indicators.
shall be taken.
g) Sum the value of the two readings and divide
the resultant sum by two. The result shall be
reported as total slip.
NOTES
1 Where the performance requirements of couplers are
mutually agreed to between the manufacturer and the
purchaser the test load shall be as agreed. However, for
such cases the test load shall not be less than 0.6 fy,
where f y is the specified minimum yield stress/0.2
percent proof stress in IS 1786 for the grade of
reinforcement bar in the splice.
2 The recommended maximum speed of loading is 500
MPa/min.
f)
ANNEX D
(Clause 9.4)
METHOD OF CYCLIC TENSILE TEST
D-1 PREPARATION OF TEST PIECE
ANNEX E
(Clauses 9.5.1 and 9.5.2)
METHOD OF FATIGUE TEST
E-1 The purpose of fatigue testing of mechanical
splices for steel reinforcing bars is to determine the
fatigue strength of the mechanical splice. The fatigue
performance of a mechanically spliced bar will
normally be lower than that of the un-spliced bar.
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be 0.083 Hz for bars of size > 36 mm and 0.35 Hz for
bars size < 36 mm. If the specimen does not fail at the
end of 10 000 cycles, the axial tensile load shall be
increased statically to cause failure in the specimen
and its static tensile strength capacity shall be
determined in accordance with Annex B.
c)
E-4.1 Principle
In the high cycle fatigue test, the test piece is subjected
to an axial tensile load which varies cyclically
according to a sinusoidal wave-form of constant
frequency in the elastic range.
e)
f)
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ANNEX F
(Clause 11)
SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY
F-1 ACCEPTANCE TESTS
Sample Size
(3)
Sub-Sample Size
(4)
Acceptance Number
(5)
50
80
125
200
315
13
20
32
32
50
0
1
2
2
3
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F-2.1.2.1 The samples so selected shall be tested for
compliance with requirements of 100 cycle test as given
in 9.4.
c)
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ANNEX G
(Foreword)
COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
Concrete Reinforcement Sectional Committee, CED 54
Organization
Representative(s)
SHRI P. B. VIJAY
DR B. KAMESHWAR RAO
SHRI S. K. AGARWAL (Alternate)
SHRI K. SARAVANAN
SHRI A. K. PARANDE (Alternate)
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR (HCD-NW&S)
DIRECTOR (HCD-N&W) (Alternate)
SHRI P. R. SWARUP
SHRI SUNIL MAHAJAN (Alternate)
DR A. K. GUPTA
REPRESENTATIVE
SHRI K. P. ABRAHAM
DR VIMAL KUMAR
BRIG B. D. PANDEY
LT COL MANOJ GUPTA (Alternate)
DR V. R. KRISHNAN
SHRI P. K. MITTAL (Alternate)
SHRI V. N. HEGGADE
SHRI SANDEEP PATTIWAR (Alternate)
PROF A. K. NAGPAL
PROF B. BHATTACHARJEE (Alternate)
SHRI S. KANAPPAN
SHRI STHALADIPTI SAHA (Alternate)
SHRI U. CHAKRABORTY
SHRI J. K. JHA (Alternate)
SHRI A. K. SHARMA
SHRI S. K. MARWAH (Alternate)
SHRI A. C. R. DAS
SHRI B. D. GHOSH (Alternate)
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Organization
Representative(s)
SHRI V. V. ARORA
SHRI S. SHARMA (Alternate)
SHRI M. P. SHARMA
SHRI K. VENKATARAMANA (Alternate)
SHRI D. D. N. SINGH
SHRI A. K. BANSAL
SHRI Y. T. PRAVEENCHANDRA
SHRI R. N. SARANGI (Alternate)
SHRI R. K. BAHRI
SHRI R. RADHAKRISHNAN (Alternate)
SAIL Research & Development Centre for Iron and Steel, Ranchi
DR VINOD KUMAR
SHRI D. KARMAKAR (Alternate)
SHRI B. M. BERIWALA
COL SURENDRA SINGH (Alternate)
SHRI T. S. KRISHNAMOORTHY
DR B. H. BHARATKUMAR (Alternate)
SHRI C. R. ALIMCHANDANI
SHRI AMIT KUMAR CHAKRABORTY (Alternate)
DR SYED SHAHID
SHRI M. S. SUDARSHAN (Alternate)
Member Secretaries
SHRI J. ROY CHOWDHURY
Scientist E (Civil Engg), BIS
and
SHRIMATI MADHURIMA MADHAV
Scientist B (Civil Engg), BIS
Representative(s)
DR B. KAMESHWAR RAO
SHRI S. K. AGARWAL (Alternate)
SHRI S. KANAPPAN
SHRI STHALADIPTI SAHA (Alternate)
SHRI A. K. SHARMA
SHRI S. K. MARWAH (Alternate)
SHRI M. P. SHARMA
SHRI K. VENKATARAMANA (Alternate)
SHRI R. K. BAHRI
SHRI R. RADHAKRISHNAN (Alternate)
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Changes have been made in the requirement of low fatigue test, considering the earthquake vulnerability
of India and relevant testing facilities available in the country;
b) As most parts of the country is earthquake prone, low cycle fatigue test requirement has been specified
for all classes of couplers;
c) A cyclic test of 100 cycles in tension has been specified which simulate to loading experienced in tall
and stack like structures;
d) Standard temperature conditions prevailing in the country have been adopted in the test methods;
e) Requirements have been aligned for use of couplers with reinforcement bars conforming to IS 1786;
and
f) Sampling plan has been based on consignment sizes normally encountered and in accordance with
IS 2500 (Part 1) : 2000/ISO 2589-1 : 1999 Sampling procedure for inspection by attributes: Part 1
Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection (third revision).
Considerable contribution has been provided by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, Mumbai in the
formulation of this standard. The composition of the Committee and the working group responsible for formulation
of this standard is given in Annex G.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final value,
observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis shall be rounded off in accordance with IS 2 : 1960
Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised). The number of significant places retained in the rounded off
value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.
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