scope:

This part of ISO 15698 specifies requirements for headed steel bars to be used as reinforcement of concrete structures.

This part of ISO 15698 is a product standard and not an application standard. It is intended to cover a large variety of products and also to support the development of new products.

This part of ISO 15698 specifies requirements for headed reinforcing bars with heads made of steel. Heads or head-bar connections made using other materials, including metal-filled sleeves, are not covered by this part of ISO 15698.

End anchorages consisting of a steel bar or other steel component positioned orthogonally at the end(s) of a bar and welded on-site to the bar are outside the scope of this part of ISO 15698.

This part of ISO 15698 is intended to cover products which are manufactured in a continuous production that allows the products to be tested in accordance with a defined testing regime.

Requirements and testing for headed bars under impact loading are outside the scope of this part of ISO 15698.