Bar size #6 19.0 mm · 3/4"
74.5 kg/mm²
min. 63
Range: 74.5
Atizapán–Atlacomulco Highway
Evidence
Lab tests: the bar breaks before the coupler.
Tensile tests in EMA-accredited laboratories, per ACI 318S-14 (25.5.7.1) and NTC-CDMX (6.6.1.6), with Type 2 evidence in all four bar sizes.
Summary by bar size
Results against the minimum.
Type 2 minimum with Grade 42 rebar: 63 kg/mm² (1.5 fy).
Bar size #8 25.4 mm · 1"
81.8 kg/mm²
min. 63
Range: 72.5–81.8
IKEA Guadalajara · Heineken Grajales · Atizapán–Atlacomulco Highway
Bar size #10 31.8 mm · 1 1/4"
69.5 kg/mm²
min. 63
Range: 65.0–69.5
IKEA Guadalajara · Geotecnia test 2022
Bar size #12 38.1 mm · 1 1/2"
71.0 kg/mm²
min. 63
Range: 63.0–71.0
IKEA Guadalajara · Los Encinos Hospital
Reports
Test by test.
Tensile strength obtained, in kg/mm². Full reports are provided on request.
IKEA Guadalajara
Zapopan, Jalisco
- #874 kg/mm²
- #1065 kg/mm²
- #1263 kg/mm²
All three couplers qualify for use as Type II.
Heineken Grajales · treatment plant expansion
Puebla
- #872.5 – 75.0 kg/mm²
In every case, failure occurred in the bar. Meets Type I and II.
Atizapán–Atlacomulco Highway, phase III
State of Mexico
- #674.5 kg/mm²
- #875.0 and 81.8 kg/mm²
Tests stopped once the maximum load was recorded, with no specimen failure.
Los Encinos Hospital
Naucalpan, State of Mexico
- #1271 kg/mm²
Test stopped on reaching the capacity of the machine.
Bar size #10 test
- #1069.5 kg/mm²
Test stopped due to the capacity of the testing machine. Meets Type I and II.
Tensile test on three specimens
Puebla
- #8Failure in the bar
All three specimens broke in the bar, with the coupler intact and no slippage.
Test standards: NMX-B-506-CANACERO and NMX-C-407-ONNCCE (Mexican standards). MOLBER Solutions (formerly Fussion-e): some reports carry the company's former name or the name of whoever requested the test.
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