ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 15835-1 Second edition 2018-10 Steels for the reinforcement of concrete Reinforcement couplers for mechanical splices of bars - Part 1: Requirements Aciers pour I'armature du beton-Coupleurs d'armature destines Partie 1: Exigences Reference number IS0 15835-1:2018(E) ISO @ IS0 2018 IS015835-1:2018(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02018 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or IsO's member body in the country of the requester: ISO copyright office CP 40i : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +4122.749 0111 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email:[email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii IS02018-Allrights reserved IS015835-1:2018(E) Contents Page Foreword iv 1 Scope .1 2 Normative references. .1 3 Terms and definitions. .1 4 Symbols .2 5 Requirements .3 5.1 General. 3 5.2 Categories of mechanical splices. 3 5.3 Strength and ductility under static forces 4 5.3.1 General. 4 5.3.2 Strength 4 5.3.3 Ductility 4 5.4 Slip under static forces 5 5.4.1 Testing requirements 5 5.4.2 Slip requirement 5 5.5 Properties under high-cycle fatigue loading (optional) 6 5.5.1 Testing programme. 6 5.5.2 Fatigue performance 6 5.5.3 S-N diagram (optional) 7 5.6 Properties underlow-cyclereverse loading (optional) 7 5.7 7 Marking and traceability 5.8 Installationinstructions 7 Annex A (informative) Items to be specified .8 Bibliography 9 @ IS0 2018 - All rights reserved iii