Designation: A 857/A 857M – 05
Standard Specification for
Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage
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This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 857/A 857M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope*
1.1 This specification covers cold-formed, light gage carbon
steel sheet piling of structural quality for use in the construc-
tion of shore walls, trench shoring, wingwalls, bulkheads, and
like applications.
1.2 The nominal thickness of material furnished under this
specification shall be 0.25 in. [6.4 mm] or less.
1.3 When the sheet piling is to be welded, it is presupposed
that a welding procedure suitable for the grade of steel and
intended use or service will be used. See Appendix X3 of
Specification A 6/A 6M for information on weldability.
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
are to be regarded as the standard. Within the text, the SI units
are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not
exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used inde-
pendently of the other. Combining values from the two systems
may result in nonconformance with the specification.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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A 6/A6M Specification for General Requirements for
Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet
Piling
A 36/A36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
A 307 Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts and Studs,
60 000 psi Tensile Strength
A 325 Specification for Structural Bolts, Steel, Heat
Treated, 120/105 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength
A 325M Specification for High-Strength Bolts for Struc-
tural Steel Joints [Metric]
A 502 Specification for Rivets, Steel, Structural
A 563 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
A 563M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
[Metric]
A 1011/A 1011M Specification for Steel Sheet and Strip,
Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Structural, High-Strength, Low Alloy
and High-Strength Low Alloy With Improved Formability
A 1018/A 1018M Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip,
Heavy Thickness Coils, Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Commercial,
Drawing, Structural High-Strength Low Alloy and High-
Strength Low Alloy With Improved Formability
3. General Requirements for Delivery
3.1 Material furnished under this specification shall con-
form to the requirements of the current edition of Specification
A 6/A 6M, for the ordered material, unless a conflict exists in
which case this specification shall prevail.
4. Appurtenant Materials
4.1 When components of a steel structure are identified with
this ASTM designation but the product form is not listed in the
scope of this specification, the material shall conform to one of
the standards listed in
Table 1 unless otherwise specified by the
purchaser.
Table 1 does not provide any specification require-
ments to a manufacturer or processor. Orders to a manufacturer
or processor should describe the required ASTM designation
for product forms not listed in the scope of this specification.
Appurtenant materials delivered shall be compatible in
strength, corrosion resistance, and weldability with materials
purchased.
5. Materials and Manufacture
5.1 Sheet piling shall be produced using one of the follow-
ing processes:
5.1.1 Decoiling coiled material and feeding it through a
multi-stand roll-forming mill at ambient temperature, or
5.1.2 Forming cut lengths of material into piling on a press
break.
6. Chemical Composition
6.1 The chemical composition of the steel on heat analysis
shall conform to the requirements listed in
Table 2.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.02 on Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock, and Ships.
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2005. Published September 2005. Originally
approved in 1986. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as A 857 – 00a.
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*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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