ASTM SHIPPING CONTAINER STANDARDS and RELATED TECHNICAL MATERIAL: 5th Edition

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ASTM Standards

D 642 Determining Compressive Resistance of Shipping Containers, Components, and Unit Loads

D 880 Impact Testing for Shipping Containers and Systems

D 951 Water Resistance of Shipping Containers by Spray Method

D 999 Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers

D 4003 Programmable Horizontal Impact Test for Shipping Containers and Systems

D 4728 Random Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers

D 5265 Bridge Impact Testing

D 5276 Drop Test of Loaded Containers by Free Fall

D 5277 Performing Programmed Horizontal Impacts Using an Inclined Impact Tester

D 5487 Simulated Drop of Loaded Containers by Shock Machines

D 6055 Mechanical Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates

D 6179 Rough Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates

D 6344 Concentrated Impacts to Transport Packages

D 6653 Determining the Effects of High Altitude on Packaging Systems by Vacuum Method

D 996 Packaging and Distribution Environments

D 4169 Performance Testing of Shipping Containers and Systems

D 4332 Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing

D 6537 Instrumented Package Shock Testing for Determination of Package Performance

Related Material:

Title page for Examples of International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) "Performance Test Procedures"

ISTA Guidelines Selecting and Using ISTA Test Procedures and Projects

ISTA 1A Non-Simulation Integrity Performance Test for Packaged-Products Weighing 150 lb. (68 kg.) or less

ISTA 1B Non- Simulation Integrity Performance Test for Packaged-Products Weighing Over 150 lb. (68 kg.)

ISTA 2A Partial-Simulation Performance Test for Packaged-Products Weighing 150 lb. (68 kg)) or less

ISTA 2B Partial-Simulation Performance Test for Packaged-Products Weighing Over 150 lb. (68 kg.)

ISTA 3A General Simulation Performance Test, Packaged-Products Weighing 150 lb. (68 kg.) or less, for Parcel Delivery System Shipment

ISTA 3E General Simulation Performance Test for Unitized Loads of Same Product*

ISTA 4AB Enhanced Simulation Performance Tests

Item 180 Performance Testing of Shipping Containers, published by the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC)

Report FPL 22 An Assessment of the Common Carrier Shipping Environment?Fred Ostrem and W.D. Godshall