Hughes Brothers reserves the right to make improvements
in the product and/or process which may result in benefits or changes
to some physical-mechanical characteristics. Please refer to our
web site at www.hughesbros.com for the most current values. The data contained herein is considered
representative of current production and is believed to be reliable
and to represent the best available characterization of the product
as of December 2002.
Tensile strengths shown are the average minus
three standard deviations. Per ACI440,
This value is f* fu, the guaranteed tensile strength.
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion:
Transverse Direction…… 41 to 58x10-6 / F (74 to 104 x 10
-6 / C)
Longitudinal Direction….. 4 to 0.0 x 10-6 / F )-9 to
0.0 x 10-6 / C)