1.1 This guide provides a common format for mechanical test data for composite materials for two purposes: (1) to establish data reporting requirements for test methods and ( 2) to provide information for the design of material property databases. This guide should be used in combination with Guide E 1309 which provides similar information to identify the composite material tested.

1.2 These guidelines are specific to mechanical tests of high-modulus fiber-reinforced composite materials. Types of tests considered in this guide include tension, compression, shear, flexure, open/filled hole, bearing, fracture toughness, and fatigue. The ASTM standards for which this guide was developed are listed in . The guidelines may also be useful for additional tests or materials.

1.3 This guide is the second part of a modular approach for which the first part is Guide E 1309. Guide E 1309 serves to identify the material, and this guide serves to describe mechanical testing procedures and variables and to record results. The interaction of this guide with Guide E 1309 is emphasized by the common numbering of data elements. Data Elements A1 through G13 are included in Guide E 1309 and numbering data elements in this guide begins with H1.

1.4 This guide with Guide E 1309 may be referenced by the data-reporting section of a test method to provide common data-reporting requirements for the types of tests listed in .

1.5 From this information and Guide E 1309, the database designer should be able to construct the data dictionary preparatory to developing a database schema.

1.6 Data elements in this guide are relevant to test data, data as obtained in the test laboratory and historically recorded in lab notebooks. Property data, data which have been analyzed and reviewed, require a different level of data elements. Data elements for property data are provided in .

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D790 Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials

D3039/D3039M Test Method for Tensile Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials

D3410/D3410M Test Method for Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials with Unsupported Gage Section by Shear Loading

D3518/D3518M Test Method for In-Plane Shear Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials by Tensile Test of a 45 Laminate

D3552 Test Method for Tensile Properties of Fiber Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites

D3878 Terminology for Composite Materials

D5229/D5229M Test Method for Moisture Absorption Properties and Equilibrium Conditioning of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials

D5379/D5379M Test Method for Shear Properties of Composite Materials by the V-Notched Beam Method

D5449/D5449M Test Method for Transverse Compressive Properties of Hoop Wound Polymer Matrix Composite Cylinders

D5528 Test Method for Mode I Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites

D5961/D5961M Test Method for Bearing Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates

D6115 Test Method for Mode I Fatigue Delamination Growth Onset of Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites

E6 Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Testing

E111 Test Method for Youngs Modulus, Tangent Modulus, and Chord Modulus

E1013 Terminology Relating to Computerized Systems

E1309 Guide for Identification of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Matrix Composite Materials in Databases

E1443 Terminology Relating to Building and Accessing Material and Chemical Databases

E1484 Guide for Formatting and Use of Material and Chemical Property Data and Database Quality Indicators

Keywords

databases; fiber-reinforced composite materials; mechanical test data;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 35.240.50 (IT applications in industry); 83.120 (Reinforced plastics)

Citing ASTM Standards

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