Information on the most widely used ASTM standards within the materials testing industry
ASTM D1761: Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Fasteners in Wood
ASTM D1761 test methods provide a basic procedure for evaluating the withdrawal and lateral resistance of fasteners installed in wood and wood-based materials. Spikes are included as nails in this standard. The tests also provide a basis for determining comparable performance of different types and sizes of fasteners installed in wood and wood-based materials.
Test Methods Use
1 The resistance of a species of wood or a wood-base product to direct withdrawal of nails, staples, or screws is a measure of its ability to hold or be held to an adjoining object by means of such fasteners. Factors that affect this withdrawal resistance include the physical and mechanical properties of the wood; the size, shape, and surface condition of the fasteners; the speed of withdrawal; physical changes to wood or fasteners between time of driving and time of withdrawal; orientation of fiber axis; and the occurrence and nature of prebored lead holes.
2 By using a standard size and type of nail, staple, or screw, withdrawal resistance of a wood species or wood product can be determined, and such values for two or more wood species or wood products can be compared. Throughout the method this is referred to as the basic withdrawal test. Similarly, comparative performances of different sizes or types of nail, staple, or screw can be determined by using a standard procedure with a particular wood or wood product, which eliminates the wood or the wood product as a variable. Since differences in test methods can have considerable influence on results, it is important that a standard procedure be specified and adhered to, if test values are to be related to other test results.
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Related Standard
ASTM D1037 - Standard Test Methods for Evaluating Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials
ASTM D1037 test methods cover the determination of the properties of wood-base fiber and particle panel materials that are produced as mat-formed panels such a particleboard, medium density fiberboard, hardboard, and oriented strand board.
ASTM D1037 test methods cover small-specimen tests for wood-base fiber and particle panel materials that are made to provide: Data for comparing the mechanical and physical properties of various materials,
Data for determining the influence on the basic properties of such factors as raw material and processing variables, post-treatments of panels, and environmental influences, and
Data for manufacturing control, product research and development, and specification acceptance.
ASTM D6109 – Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastic Lumber and Related Products
As Per ASTM D6109, "The test methods are suitable for determining the flexural properties for any solid or hollow manufactured plastic lumber product of square, rectangular, round, or other geometric cross section that shows viscoelastic behavior. The test specimens are whole "as manufactured" pieces without any altering or machining of surfaces beyond cutting to length. As such, this is a test method for evaluating the properties of plastic lumber as a product and not a material property test method. Flexural strength cannot be determined for those products that do not break or that do not fail in the extreme outer fiber."
Applicable Products: Plastic lumber products
ASTM D3500 Standard Test Methods for Structural Panels in Tension
ASTMD3500 test methods cover the determination of the tensile properties of wood structural panels. To determine the tensile properties of wood structural panels in response to stresses acting in the plane of the panle.
The Wood structural panels in use include plywood, oriented strand board and composites of veneer, and other wood-based layers.
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