ASTM D1037-12 - Evaluating Properties of Wood-Base Fiber and Particle Panel Materials

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Designation:D1037−12

Standard

TestMethodsfor

EvaluatingPropertiesofWood-BaseFiberandParticle

PanelMaterials1

This

stan

dard

isissu

edunder

the

fixed

des

ignation

D1037;the

number

immed

iately

following

the

des

ignation

indicates

the

yea

rof

original

adoption

or,

intheca

seofrevision,theyea

roflast

revision.A

number

inparen

thes

esindicates

theyea

roflast

reap

pro

val.A

supersc

riptep

silon

(´)indicates

aned

itorial

chan

gesince

thelast

revision

orreap

pro

val.

This

standard

has

bee

nappro

ved

for

use

by

agen

cies

of

the

Dep

art

men

tof

Def

ense

.

INTRODUCTIO

N

The

test

methodsprese

nted

herein

hav

ebee

ndev

eloped

and

are

prese

nted

tose

rve

two

distinct

purp

ose

s.They

aredivided

into

two

parts.

Pa

rtA

.G

ener

al

Tes

tM

eth

od

sfo

rE

valu

ati

ng

the

Ba

sic

Pro

per

ties

of

Wo

od

-Ba

seF

iber

an

dP

art

icle

Pa

nel

Ma

teri

als

—PartA

isfo

ruse

inobtainingbas

icpro

perties

suitab

lefo

rco

mparisonstudieswith

other

materials

ofco

nstru

ction.Thes

erefined

test

methods

are

applica

ble

forthis

purp

ose

toall

materials

covered

by

Defi

nitionsD1554.

Pa

rtB

.A

ccep

tan

cea

nd

Sp

ecifi

cati

on

Tes

tM

eth

od

sfo

rH

ard

bo

ard

—PartB

isfo

rsp

ecifi

cuse

in

spec

ifica

tionsfo

rpro

curemen

tan

dac

ceptance

testingofhardboard.Thes

etest

methodsaregen

erally

employed

forthose

purp

ose

sin

theindustry.Byco

nfiningtheirintended

use

asindicated

,it

has

bee

n

possible

toac

hievead

equateprecisionofresu

ltsco

mbined

withec

onomyan

dsp

eedin

testing,which

aredes

irab

lefo

rsp

ecifi

cation

use

.

The

choice

betwee

na

particu

lar

test

method

and

its

altern

ative

should

be

mad

ewith

afu

ll

understan

dingoftheintended

purp

ose

ofea

ch,bec

ause

values

obtained

from

testsmay

,in

someca

ses,

differ.Ofthetest

methodsprese

ntedin

both

parts,so

mehav

ebee

nin

gen

erally

acce

pteduse

forman

y

yea

rs,so

mearemodifi

cationsan

drefinem

ents

ofpreviously

dev

eloped

test

methods,

and

someare

more

rece

ntdev

elopmen

ts.W

heretest

methodsaresu

itab

lefo

rmore

than

oneofthepurp

ose

s,they

aredelinea

ted

inPartA,butnotrepea

ted

inPartB.It

istheintentthat

reference

totheap

pro

priate

section

ofthetest

method

shallsu

fficein

spec

ifica

tionsdev

eloped

forthedifferentmaterials.

1.Scope

1.1

Pa

rtA

—G

ener

al

Tes

tM

eth

od

sfo

rE

valu

ati

ng

the

Ba

sic

Pro

per

ties

of

Wo

od

-Ba

seF

iber

an

dP

art

icle

Pa

nel

Ma

teri

als

.

Thes

etest

methodsco

ver

thedeterminationofthepro

perties

of

wood-b

asefiber

andparticlepan

elmaterials

that

arepro

duce

d

asmat-form

edpan

elssu

chas

particleb

oard,med

ium-d

ensity

fiberboard,hardboard,an

dorien

ted

strand

board.

Section

SignificanceandUse

3

Apparatus

4

TestSpecimens

5

MoistureContentandConditioningRequirements

6

AcceleratedAging

7

Size,PhysicalPropertiesandAppearanceofPanels

8

StaticBending

9

TensionParalleltoSurface

10

TensionPerpendiculartoSurface

11

CompressionParalleltoSurface

12

Faste

ne

rH

old

ing

Tests

:

LateralNailResistance

13

NailWithdrawal

14

Nail-HeadPull-Through

15

DirectScrewWithdrawal

16

Hardness

17

HardnessModulus

18

1Thes

etest

methods

are

under

the

jurisd

iction

ofASTM

Committee

D07

on

Woodan

darethedirec

tresp

onsibilityofSubco

mmitteeD07.03onPan

elPro

ducts.

Curren

ted

ition

appro

ved

May

1,

2012.

Publish

edJu

ne

2012.

Originally

appro

ved

in1949.Las

tprevioused

ition

appro

ved

in2006

asD1037–06a.

DOI:

10.1520/D

1037-1

2.

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Section

ShearinthePlaneofthePanel

19

Glue-LineShear(BlockType)

20

FallingBallImpact

21

AbrasionResistancebytheU.S.NavyWearTester

22

Mois

ture

Tests

:

WaterAbsorptionandThicknessSwelling

23

LinearExpansionwithChangeinMoistureContent

24

CuppingandTwisting

25

InterlaminarShear

26

EdgewiseShear

27

Compression-Shear

28

1.2

Pa

rtB

—A

ccep

tan

cea

nd

Sp

ecifi

cati

on

Tes

tM

eth

od

sfo

r

Ha

rdb

oa

rd.Themethodsfo

rPartB

pro

videtest

pro

ceduresfo

r

mea

suring

thefo

llowing

pro

perties

ofhardboard:

Section

Thickness

32

ModulusofRupture

33

TensionStrengthParalleltoSurface

34

TensionStrengthPerpendiculartoSurface

35

WaterAbsorptionandThicknessSwelling

36

MoistureContentandSpecificGravity

37

1.3

There

are

acce

pted

bas

ictest

pro

cedures

for

various

fundam

entalpro

perties

ofmaterials

that

may

beuse

dwithout

modifi

cation

forev

aluating

certain

pro

perties

ofwood-b

ased

fiber

and

particle

pan

elmaterials.Thes

etest

methods

are

included

else

where

inthe

An

nu

al

Bo

ok

of

AS

TM

Sta

nd

ard

s.

The

pertinen

tones

are

listed

inTab

le1.A

few

ofthe

test

methodsreference

darefo

rco

nstru

ction

wherethewood-b

ase

materials

often

areuse

d.

1.4

Thevalues

stated

ininch

-poundunitsareto

beregarded

asthe

stan

dard.The

SIeq

uivalen

tsare

appro

xim

ate

inman

y

case

s.1

in.=

25.4

mm,1

lbf=

4.45

N.

1.5

Th

isst

an

da

rdd

oes

no

tp

urp

ort

toa

dd

ress

all

of

the

safe

tyco

nce

rns,

ifa

ny,

ass

oci

ate

dw

ith

its

use

.It

isth

e

resp

on

sib

ilit

yo

fth

eu

ser

of

this

sta

nd

ard

toes

tab

lish

ap

pro

-

pri

ate

safe

tya

nd

hea

lth

pra

ctic

esa

nd

det

erm

ine

the

ap

pli

ca-

bil

ity

of

reg

ula

tory

lim

ita

tio

ns

pri

or

tou

se.

2.ReferencedDocuments

2.1

AS

TM

Sta

nd

ard

s:2

C273Tes

tM

ethod

forShea

rPro

perties

ofSan

dwich

Core

Materials

D143Tes

tM

ethodsfo

rSmallClear

Spec

imen

sofTim

ber

D905Tes

tM

ethod

for

Stren

gth

Pro

perties

of

Adhes

ive

Bondsin

Shea

rby

Compression

Load

ing

D1554Terminology

Relating

toW

ood-B

aseFiber

and

Par-

ticlePan

elM

aterials

D2395Tes

tM

ethods

for

Spec

ific

Gravity

of

Wood

and

Wood-B

ased

Materials

D2915Practice

forSam

pling

and

Data-Analysisfo

rStruc-

turalW

ood

and

Wood-B

ased

Pro

ducts

D3043Tes

tM

ethodsfo

rStructuralPan

elsin

Flexure

D3501Tes

tM

ethods

forW

ood-B

ased

StructuralPan

els

in

Compression

D4442Tes

tM

ethodsfo

rDirec

tM

oisture

ContentM

easu

re-

men

tofW

ood

and

Wood-B

aseM

aterials

E4Practices

forForceVerifi

cation

ofTes

ting

Mac

hines

E691Practice

forConducting

anIn

terlab

oratory

Study

to

DeterminethePrecision

ofaTes

tM

ethod

PARTA—GENERALTESTMETHODSFOR

EVALUATINGTHEBASIC

PROPERTIESOFWOOD-

BASEFIBERANDPARTICLEPANELMATERIALS

3.Significance

andUse

3.1

Thes

etest

methods

cover

small-sp

ecim

entests

for

wood-b

asefiber

and

particlepan

elmaterials

that

aremad

eto

pro

vide:

3.2

Datafo

rco

mparing

themec

han

ical

and

physica

lpro

p-

erties

ofvariousmaterials,

3.3

Datafo

rdetermining

theinfluen

ceon

thebas

icpro

per-

ties

ofsu

chfactors

asraw

materialan

dpro

cessing

variables,

post-treatmen

tsofpan

els,

and

environmen

talinfluen

ces,

and

3.4

Data

forman

ufacturing

control,

pro

duct

rese

arch

and

dev

elopmen

t,an

dsp

ecifi

cation

acce

ptance

.

2Forreference

dASTM

stan

dards,

visit

theASTM

web

site,www.astm.org

,or

contact

ASTM

Customer

Serviceat

serv

ice@

astm

.org

.For

Annual

Book

of

AST

M

Sta

ndard

svolumeinfo

rmation,referto

thestan

dard’s

Docu

men

tSummarypag

eon

theASTM

web

site.

TABLE1BasicTestProceduresforEvaluatingPropertiesof

WoodBase-FiberandParticlePanelMaterials

ASTM

Designation

TestMethodsfor

C177

Steady-StateHeat-FluxMeasurementsandThermalTransmission

PropertiesbyMeansoftheGuarded-Hot-PlateApparatus

A

C209

CellulosicFiberInsulatingBoard

A

C236

Steady-StateThermalPerformanceofBuildingAssembliesby

MeansoftheGuardedHotBox

A

C384

ImpedanceandAbsorptionofAcousticalMaterialsbytheImped-

anceTubeMethod

A

C423

SoundAbsorptionandSoundAbsorptionCoefficientsbytheRe-

verberationRoomMethod

A

D149

DielectricBreakdownVoltageandDielectricStrengthofSolidElec-

tricalInsulatingMaterialsatCommercialPowerFrequencies

B

D150

A-CLossCharacteristicsandPermittivity(DielectricConstant)of

SolidElectricalInsulatingMaterials

B

D257

D-CResistanceorConductanceofInsulatingMaterials

B

D495

High-Voltage,Low-Current,DryArcResistanceofSolidElectrical

Insulation

B

D1666

ConductingMachiningTestsofWoodandWood-BaseMaterials

C

D1761

MechanicalFastenersinWood

C

E72

ConductingStrengthTestsofPanelsforBuildingConstruction

D

E84

SurfaceBurningCharacteristicsofBuildingMaterials

D

E90

LaboratoryMeasurementofAirborneSoundTransmissionLossof

BuildingPartitions

A

E96

WaterVaporTransmissionofMaterials

A

E97

DirectionalReflectanceFactor,45-deg0-deg,ofOpaqueSpeci-

mensbyBroad-BandFilterReflectometry

E

E119

FireTestsofBuildingConstructionandMaterials

D

E136

BehaviorofMaterialsinaVerticalTubeFurnaceat750°C

D

E152

FireTestsofDoorAssemblies

D

E162

SurfaceFlammabilityofMaterialsUsingaRadiantHeatEnergy

Source

D

E661

PerformanceofWoodandWood-BasedFloorandRoofSheathing

UnderConcentratedStaticandImpactLoads

D

E662

SpecificOpticalDensityofSmokeGeneratedbySolidMaterials

D

E906

HeatandVisibleSmokeReleaseRatesforMaterialsandProd-

ucts

D

AA

nn

ualB

ook

of

AS

TM

Sta

ndard

s,Vol04.06.

BA

nn

ualB

ook

of

AS

TM

Sta

ndard

s,Vol10.01.

CA

nnua

lB

oo

ko

fA

ST

MS

tand

ard

s,Vol04.10.

DA

nnua

lB

oo

ko

fA

ST

MS

tand

ard

s,Vol04.07.

EA

nnualB

ook

of

AS

TM

Sta

nda

rds,Vol14.02.

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3.5

Notallthetestsoutlined

inthes

etest

methodsmay

be

nec

essa

ryto

evaluatean

yparticu

larpan

elfo

ran

ysp

ecifi

eduse

.

Inea

chinstan

ce,therefore,it

willbe

nec

essa

ryto

determine

which

testssh

allbemad

e.

4.Apparatus

4.1

Tes

tin

gM

ach

ine—

For

strength

and

fasten

erholding

tests,

any

stan

dard

testing

mac

hine

(see

Note

1)ca

pab

leof

applying

and

mea

suring

the

load

with

anerro

rnotto

exce

ed

61.0

%sh

allbeuse

das

pro

vided

inPractices

E4.

NOTE1—

Some

testing

mac

hines

operated

atsp

eedsallowed

inthes

etest

pro

cedureswithoutpro

per

dam

pingdev

ices

orin

nee

dofad

justmen

tmay

yield

values

inerro

rbec

ause

of“follow-thro

ugh”dueto

mas

sinertia

effectsin

theweighingsy

stem

.Caremust

beex

ercise

din

these

lectionof

testing

mac

hines

sothat

values

obtained

from

test

arenotin

erro

rmore

than

theam

ountstipulated.

5.TestSpecimens

5.1

Thenumber

ofsp

ecim

ensto

bech

ose

nfo

rtest

and

the

method

of

their

selection

dep

end

on

the

purp

ose

of

the

particu

lartestsunder

consideration,so

that

nogen

eral

rule

can

be

given

toco

ver

all

instan

ces.

Itis

reco

mmen

ded

that

when

ever

possible,a

sufficientnumber

oftests

be

mad

eto

permit

statistica

ltrea

tmen

tofthetest

data(see

Note

2).

Inthe

evaluation

ofa

pan

elmaterial,

spec

imen

sfo

rtest

should

be

obtained

from

areprese

ntativenumber

ofpan

els.

Inpro

perties

reflec

tingdifference

sdueto

themac

hinedirec

tionofthepan

el,

spec

imen

sfrom

each

pan

elsh

allbese

lected

both

withthelong

dim

ensionparallelto

thelongdim

ensionofthepan

el,an

dwith

thelongdim

ensionperpen

dicularto

thelongdim

ensionofthe

pan

el.

NOTE

2—

Guidan

ceon

statistica

lsa

mpling

ispro

vided

inPractice

D2915.

6.Moisture

ContentandConditioningRequirem

ents

6.1

The

physica

lan

dmec

han

ical

pro

perties

of

building

pan

elsdep

end

on

themoisture

contentat

timeoftest.

6.2

Themoisture

conditioningse

lectionfo

rea

chtest

pro

ce-

dure

within

this

stan

dard

dep

ends

upon

the

purp

ose

of

the

particu

lartestsunder

consideration.All

spec

imen

swithin

each

test

sample

shallbeco

nditioned

asrequired

tomee

tthesp

ecifi

c

test

objectives

.

6.3

Thefo

llowingmoisture

conditioningregim

ensareco

m-

monly

employed

with

thetest

pro

ceduresofthis

stan

dard:

6.3.1

Dry

“A

sR

ecei

ved

”—

Spec

imen

sto

be

tested

“as

rece

ived

”sh

allbetested

withoutsu

pplemen

talco

nditioningto

alterthemoisture

content.

6.3.2

Dry

“C

on

dit

ion

ed”

—Spec

imen

sto

be

tested

air-dry

shallbeco

nditioned

toaco

nstan

tweightan

dmoisture

content

inaco

nditioningch

amber

maintained

atarelativehumidityof

65

65%

andatemperature

of68

66°F

(20

63°C

)(S

eeNote

3). N

OTE3—

This

conditioning

regim

ereprese

nts

aco

mmon

stan

dard

for

wood

and

wood-b

ased

materials.

6.3.3

Wa

ter

So

ake

d—

Spec

imen

sto

betested

intheso

aked

conditionsh

allbesu

bmerged

inwater

at68

62°F

(20

61°C

)

for24-h

(see

Note

4)before

thetest

andsh

allbetested

within

30

minutesupon

removal

from

thewater.

NOTE4—

When

itis

des

ired

toobtain

theeffect

ofco

mplete

saturation,

thesp

ecim

enssh

allbeso

aked

foralonger

period.

6.3.4

Acc

eler

ate

dA

gin

g—

Acc

elerated

agingcy

cles

shallbe

completed

per

Sec

tion

7ofthis

stan

dard.

6.3.5

Oth

er—

Other

conditioning

methodsthat

aredes

igned

tomee

tthetest

objectives

may

beem

ployed

pro

vided

that

they

areclea

rly

des

cribed

inthetest

report.

6.4

Spec

imen

ssh

allbe

subjected

tothe

conditioning

regi-

men

sof

section

6.3

after

they

hav

ebee

ncu

tto

the

final

dim

ensional

size

srequired

forthe

test

pro

cedureswithin

this

stan

dard.

6.5

When

water

soak

edco

nditioning

(sec

tion

6.3.3),

acce

l-

erated

agingco

nditioning(sec

tion6.3.4)orother

conditioning

method

isem

ployed

tosimulate

anap

plica

tion

moisture

exposu

re:

6.5.1

Thesa

mple

dim

ensionsan

dweights

shallbereco

rded

before

and

afterco

nditioning.Any

computed

pro

perties

shall

bereported

bas

eduponboth

thepre-conditioned

dim

ensionsor

weight,

orboth,an

dupon

thedim

ensionsorweight,

orboth,

afterthemoisture

conditioning

trea

tmen

t.

6.5.2

Iftheobjectiveis

toes

timatetherelativech

angein

a

pro

perty

dueto

themoisture

conditioningtrea

tmen

t,amatch

ed

setofmaterialsh

allbetested

inthedry

(sec

tion6.3.1

or6.3.2)

condition.Theco

nditioningtrea

tmen

tse

lected

forthematch

ed

setsh

allbebas

edupon

thetest

objectives

.

6.6

Foralltesting

within

this

stan

dard,themoisture

condi-

tioning

method

selected

and

resu

lting

test

sample

moisture

contents

shallbereported

.

7.AcceleratedAging

7.1

Sco

pe

an

dS

ign

ifica

nce

7.1.1

The

acce

lerated

aging

trea

tmen

tis

one

possible

con-

ditioning

trea

tmen

t(see

Sec

tion

6)

and

isuse

dto

obtain

a

mea

sure

oftheinheren

tab

ilityofamaterialto

withstan

dse

vere

exposu

reco

nditionsan

dmaintain

itsmec

han

ical

and

physica

l

pro

perties

.Appro

priate

spec

imen

ssh

allbe

prepared

and

sub-

jected

tothesixcy

cles

ofac

celeratedag

ingbefore

thepro

perty

isev

aluated

.The

cycling

exposu

reis

asimulated

condition

dev

eloped

toev

aluatehow

amaterialwillstan

dupunder

aging

conditions.

NOTE5—

All

ofthetestslisted

inthis

stan

dardmay

notberequired

for

any

spec

ific

inves

tigation

or

spec

ifica

tion.Static

ben

ding

(Sec

tion

9),

nail-holding

(Sec

tions13-1

5),

and

water

abso

rption

and

thicknes

ssw

ell-

ing

(Sec

tion

23)testsareusu

ally

sufficientto

evaluatetheresistan

ceofa

wood-b

asepan

elmaterialto

aging.In

someinstan

cesit

may

bedes

irab

leto

evaluate

the

effect

of

acce

lerated

aging

on

some

other

pro

perty,

including

pro

perties

outsidethesc

opeofthis

stan

dard.

7.2

Tes

tS

pec

imen

s

7.2.1

Thetest

spec

imen

ssh

allbecu

tto

size

fortestingan

d

dim

ensions

orweightmea

sured,orboth,as

spec

ified

inthe

pertinen

tse

ctionsofthis

stan

dardbefore

beingsu

bjected

tothe

cyclic

exposu

relisted

inse

ction

7.3.W

hen

tests

involving

fasten

ersare

mad

e,the

fasten

erssh

allbe

driven

priorto

the

aging

exposu

re.Corrosion-res

istant

fasten

ers

shall

be

use

d

bec

ause

extrac

tives

or

other

materials

prese

ntwillco

rrode

ord

inary

stee

lfasten

ers.

7.3

Acc

eler

ate

dA

gin

gC

ycle

s

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7.3.1

Subject

each

spec

imen

tosix

complete

cycles

of

acce

lerated

aging.

Ifthe

cycle

isto

be

bro

ken

,as

for

a

wee

ken

d,thebreak

shallbemad

eduring

thefree

zing

portion

ofthecy

cle.

Eac

hcy

clesh

allco

nsist

ofthefo

llowing:

7.3.2

Immersionin

water

at120

63°F

(49

62°C

)fo

r1h,

7.3.3

Exposu

reto

stea

man

dwater

vap

orat

200

65°F

(93

63°C

)fo

r3

h,

7.3.4

Freez

ing

at10

65°F

(-12

63°C

)fo

r20

h,

7.3.5

Hea

ting

at210

63°F

(99

62°C

)in

dry

airfo

r3

h,

7.3.6

Exposu

reag

ainto

stea

man

dwater

vap

orat

200

65°F

(93

63°C

)fo

r3

h,an

d

7.3.7

Hea

ting

indry

airat

210

63°F

(99

62°C

)fo

r18

h.

7.3.8

After

the

completion

of

the

six-cycle

acce

lerated

agingthesp

ecim

enssh

allbeco

nditioned

atatemperature

of68

66°F

(20

63°C

)an

darelativehumidity

of65

62%

forat

leas

t48

hbefore

testing.

7.4

Ha

nd

lin

ga

nd

Su

pp

ort

of

Sp

ecim

ens

Du

rin

gE

xpo

sure

7.4.1

The

spec

imen

ssh

allbe

supported

vertica

lly

inrack

s

during

acce

lerated

aging.One

exam

ple

issh

own

inFig.1.

Spec

imen

ssh

allfitin

therack

sloose

lywith

atleas

t1-in.(2

5

mm)

separation

betwee

nsp

ecim

ens

soas

tofree

lypermit

swelling

both

parallelan

dperpen

dicularto

the

plane

ofthe

pan

elof

the

spec

imen

.Rac

ks

shall

not

appreciab

lysh

ield

spec

imen

snorpreven

tdrainingafterso

aking.Further,when

in

the

tank

during

the

exposu

reto

stea

man

dwater

vap

or,

spec

imen

ssh

allbeplace

dso

that

jets

ofstea

man

dvap

orwill

noterodethesp

ecim

ens.

7.5

Ap

pa

ratu

s

7.5.1

Ta

nk

an

dC

on

tro

lsfo

rS

oa

kin

ga

nd

Ste

am

ing

:

7.5.1.1

Ta

nk

or

Va

t—A

tankorvat,su

chas

shownin

Fig.2,

shallbeuse

dto

conduct

theex

posu

reslisted

in7.3.2,7.3.3,an

d

7.3.6

oftheac

celerated

aging

test.A

unit

ofthesize

shown

is

adeq

uate

forsp

ecim

ensofthe

size

required

inthis

stan

dard.

Fortestsoflarg

erco

mponen

ts,unitsas

long

as9

ft(2

.7m)

hav

epro

ven

tobe

satisfac

tory.The

esse

ntial

features

ofthe

tank

areas

follows:

7.5.1.2

Corrosion-res

istantco

ntainer,bec

ause

ofex

trac

tives

dev

eloped

during

thes

ecy

cles

and

prese

nt

inwood-b

ase

materials,

7.5.1.3

Apipe

tothe

bottom

with

adiffu

ser

(perfo

rated

T-p

ipe),

7.5.1.4

Adrain,althoughfo

rlarg

ertanksapumphas

pro

ven

tobead

van

tageo

us,

and

7.5.1.5

Aloose

-fittingco

ver

that

willpermit

somestea

mto

esca

peduring

stea

man

dwater

vap

orphas

e.

7.5.1.6

Supportssh

allbepro

vided

inthebottom

ofthetank

tokee

pthesp

ecim

ensfrom

direc

tco

ntact

with

thewater.

7.5.1.7

The

tank

may

be

insu

lated

or

uninsu

lated;butif

insu

lated,the

cover

isto

be

left

open

during

the

stea

ming

portion

ofthe

cycle.

Hea

tloss

during

the

soak

ing

exposu

re

(7.3.2)requires

addition

ofhea

tby

stea

morthe

equivalen

t.

This

pro

vides

for

circulation

around

the

spec

imen

sbeing

soak

edan

daidsin

maintaining

the

des

ired

temperature

with

greater

uniform

ity.

Hea

tloss

duringtheex

posu

reto

stea

man

d

water

vap

or( 7

.3.3

and

7.3.6)along

with

the

esca

ping

stea

m

aidsin

pro

viding

adynam

icco

ndition.During

those

step

sthe

drain

should

be

open

topermit

conden

sate

todrain;oras

an

altern

ativemethod,thewater

level

inthetanksh

ould

beab

out

2in.(5

1mm)ab

ove

the

perfo

rated

pipes

sothat

the

stea

m

perco

latesthro

ugh

it.

7.5.2

Co

ntr

ols

an

dS

ou

rce

for

So

aki

ng

an

dS

tea

min

g—

A

suitab

leunit

forpro

viding

hea

tfo

rso

aking

and

exposu

reto

stea

man

dwater

vap

oris

showndiagrammatically

inFig.3.In

this

instan

ce,an

air-operated

dry

kiln

controller

pro

vides

the

temperature

controlrequired

foreither

the

soak

ing

exposu

re

( 7.3.2)orthe

exposu

reto

stea

man

dwater

vap

or(7

.3.3

and

7.3.6).

Inoperationfo

rtheso

akingex

posu

re(7

.3.2)thetankis

filled

tothe

des

ired

level

by

open

ing

valves

1an

d3,after

which

valve3

isclose

d.Theco

ntroller

isse

tat

120°F

(49°C

)

and

these

nso

ris

place

din

thewater

atmid-d

epth.Valve2

is

open

edan

dstea

mflowsinto

thewater

untildes

ired

tempera-

ture

isattained

and

air-operated

valve

close

s.Tem

perature

is

FIG.1SpecimensSupportedVerticallyin

Rack

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Page 3

maintained

automatically

byad

ditionofstea

mas

required

.For

theex

posu

resof7.3.3

and7.3.6,theco

ntroller

isse

tfo

r200°F

(93°C

)so

stea

mis

automatically

metered

tomaintain

that

temperature.Valve2

isad

justed

sothat

cycles

ofstea

m“o

n”

are

long

with

resp

ectto

stea

m“o

ff.”

This

system

requires

a

supply

ofco

mpressed

air.

7.5.2.1

An

elec

trically

controlled

valve

using

thermistor-

actuated

relayswillfu

nctionas

well.W

hen

stea

mis

notread

ily

available,asm

allboiler

canbeuse

das

aso

urce.

This

positive

system

ofoperation

and

controlhas

pro

ven

tobesa

tisfac

tory

and

requires

aminim

um

ofman

power

time.

7.5.3

Ove

n—

The

oven

forhea

ting

the

spec

imen

sat

210°F

(99°C

)sh

allbe

ofthe

positive

ven

tilating

type

ofsu

fficient

capac

ity

tomaintain

the

des

ired

temperature

and

remove

moisture

asfast

asit

isev

aporated.

7.6

Insp

ecti

on

of

Ma

teri

al

Du

rin

gC

ycli

cE

xpo

sure

7.6.1

The

test

spec

imen

ssh

all

be

freq

uen

tly

insp

ected

duringtheac

celeratedag

ingex

posu

refo

ran

ysignsofdelam

i-

nation

orother

disintegration.If

thereis

any

apparen

tdam

age

tothematerial,it

shallbedes

cribed

inthereport,as

wellas

the

cycleex

posu

rein

which

thedam

agebec

ameap

paren

t.

7.7

Tes

tin

ga

nd

Rep

ort

ing

7.7.1

Tes

tsfo

rtheap

pro

priatepro

perties

shallbeco

nducted

after

the

final

conditioning

period

( 7.3.8).

Calcu

lations

and

reported

resu

ltssh

allbebas

edonboth

theoriginal

dim

ensions

orweight,orboth,an

dthedim

ensionsorweight,orboth,after

theac

celerated

aging

trea

tmen

t.

8.Size,PhysicalProperties

andAppearance

ofPanels

8.1

Siz

eo

fF

inis

hed

Pa

nel

s

8.1.1

When

mea

suremen

tsoffinished

pan

elsare

required

,

thewidth

andlength

ofea

chfinished

pan

elsh

allbeobtained

by

mea

suring

thewidth

and

length

atea

chen

dan

dat

mid-len

gth

toan

accu

racy

of

60.3

%or

1⁄16

in.(2

mm),

whichev

eris

smaller.

8.2

Va

ria

tio

nin

Th

ickn

ess

8.2.1

Forthedeterminationofvariationsin

thicknes

s,sp

eci-

men

sat

leas

t6-in.

(152-m

m)

square

shall

be

use

d.

The

thicknes

sofea

chsp

ecim

ensh

allbe

mea

sured

atfive

points,

nea

rea

chco

rner

andnea

rthece

nter,an

dtheav

erag

ethicknes

s

andthevariationin

thicknes

snoted.Thes

emea

suremen

tssh

all

bemad

eto

anac

curacy

of0.001

in.(0

.025

mm).

FIG.2SketchofStainlessSteelTankforAcceleratedAgingSmallSpecimens

FIG.3Diagram

ofAir-OperatedControllerfor120°F

(49°C)Soakingand200°F

(93°C)Spraying

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8.3

Sp

ecifi

cG

ravi

ty

8.3.1

When

spec

ificgravityofthefinished

pan

elis

required

,

spec

ificgravity

shallbetested

inac

cord

ance

with

Tes

tM

eth-

odsD2395M

ethodA

from

apan

elsp

ecim

enwithaminim

um

surfac

earea

of9

in.2

(58

cm2).

8.4

Mo

istu

reC

on

ten

t

8.4.1

Themoisture

contentsh

allbemea

suredin

acco

rdan

ce

with

Tes

tM

ethodsD4442

Method

Bfrom

apan

elsp

ecim

en

with

aminim

um

surfac

earea

of9

in.2

(58

cm2).

See

Note

6.

NOTE

6—

The

moisture

contentmay

be

determined

bas

edupon

the

“as-tested

”an

d“o

ven

-dry

”mas

sofsp

ecim

enstested

usingoneofthetest

pro

cedureslisted

within

this

stan

dard.

8.5

Su

rfa

ceF

inis

h

8.5.1

The

finish

of

both

surfac

essh

all

be

des

cribed

.A

photographofea

chsu

rfac

emay

betaken

tosh

ow

thetexture

of

the

pan

el.This

photograph

shallsh

ow

suitab

lenumbering

so

that

thebuilding

pan

elmay

bepro

perly

iden

tified

.

9.StaticBending

9.1

Sco

pe

9.1.1

Static

ben

ding

tests

shallbe

mad

eto

determine

the

flex

uralpro

perties

,su

chas

modulusofru

pture

and

apparen

t

modulusofelas

ticity.W

hen

required

,thestress

atpro

portional

limit

and

work

-to-m

axim

um

load

can

be

determined

.To

evaluatedirec

tional

pro

perties

,an

equal

number

ofsp

ecim

ens

shallbetested

withtheirlong-axis

parallelan

dperpen

dicularto

thelong-axis

ofthepan

el.

9.2

Tes

tS

pec

imen

9.2.1

Eac

htest

spec

imen

shallbe3

61⁄32in.(7

66

1mm)

inwidth

ifthenominal

thicknes

sis

greater

than

1⁄4in.(6

mm),

and2

61⁄32in.(5

16

1mm)in

width

ifthenominal

thicknes

s

is1⁄4in.orless

(see

Note

7).

Thelength

ofea

chsp

ecim

ensh

all

be

2in.(5

1mm)plus

24

times

the

nominal

thicknes

s(see

Notes8

and

9).

Thewidth

and

length,ofea

chsp

ecim

ensh

all

bemea

suredto

anac

curacy

of

60.3

%.Thethicknes

sofea

ch

spec

imen

shallbemea

suredto

anac

curacy

of0.001in.(0

.025

mm).

NOTE

7—

Bas

edon

industry

practice,

OSB

istypically

tested

with

awidth

of

4.5

in.(114

mm)

inac

cord

ance

with

Tes

tM

ethods

D3043

Method

D.

NOTE8—

Incu

ttingsp

ecim

ensto

mee

tthelength

requirem

ents

of2in.

(51

mm)plus24

times

thenominal

thicknes

s,it

isnotintended

that

the

length

bech

anged

forsm

allvariationsin

thicknes

s.Rather

itis

thethought

that

the

nominal

thicknes

softhe

pan

elunder

test

should

be

use

dfo

rdetermining

thesp

ecim

enlength.

NOTE9—

Long-span

spec

imen

saredes

ired

fortestsin

ben

ding

sothat

theeffectsofdefl

ectionsdueto

shea

rdeform

ationswillbeminim

ized

and

the

values

ofmoduli

ofelas

ticity

obtained

from

the

ben

ding

tests

will

appro

xim

atethetruemoduli

ofthematerials.

9.3

Sp

an

an

dS

up

po

rts

9.3.1

Thesp

anfo

rea

chtest

shallbe24

times

thenominal

thicknes

s(d

epth)ofthesp

ecim

en(see

Note

10),

mea

sured

to

anac

curacy

of

61⁄16in.(2

mm).

Thesu

pportssh

allbesu

ch

that

noap

preciab

lecrush

ingofthesp

ecim

enwillocc

urat

thes

e

points

during

thetest.Thesu

pportseither

shallbero

unded

or

shallbebea

ring

platesthat

arepermitted

totilt

and

roll

asthe

spec

imen

defl

ects.

When

rounded

supports,

such

asthose

shown

inFig.4,are

use

d,the

radiusofthe

rounded

portion

shallbeat

leas

t11⁄2

times

thethicknes

softhematerialbeing

tested

.If

thematerialunder

test

dev

iatesfrom

aplane,

laterally

adjustab

lesu

pportssh

allbepro

vided

(see

Note

11).

NOTE10—

Estab

lish

men

tofasp

an-d

epth

ratio

isrequired

toallow

anac

curate

comparisonoftest

values

formaterials

ofdifferentthicknes

ses.

Itsh

ould

be

noted

that

the

span

isbas

edon

the

nominal

thicknes

softhe

material

and

itis

not

intended

that

the

span

sbe

chan

ged

for

small

variationsin

thicknes

s.N

OTE

11—

Laterally

adjustab

lesu

pports

may

be

nec

essa

ryfo

rthe

spec

imen

stested

intheso

aked

condition

bec

ause

ofwarping

ortw

isting

that

may

occ

urdueto

soak

ing.Details

oflaterallyad

justab

lesu

pportsmay

befo

und

inFig.1

ofTes

tM

ethodsD3043.

9.4

Pro

ced

ure

FIG.4StaticBendingTestAssembly

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Page 4

9.4.1

The

spec

imen

ssh

allbe

load

edat

the

centerofsp

an

withtheload

applied

tothetopsu

rfac

eofthesp

ecim

en,as

the

pro

duct

willbe

installed.If

the

pro

duct

can

be

installed

in

either

direc

tionthen

equal

number

ofsp

ecim

enssh

allbetested

face

-up

and

face

-down.

Tes

ting

shall

maintain

auniform

load

ingrate

thro

ugharo

unded

load

ingblock

assh

ownin

Fig.

4.Thebea

ringblock

ssh

allbeat

leas

t3in.(7

6mm)in

width.

Theradiusofthero

unded

portionoftheload

ingblock

shallbe

appro

xim

ately

equal

to11⁄2

times

the

thicknes

softhe

spec

i-

men

.

9.4.2

Forea

chsp

ecim

en,thech

arac

teran

dthese

quen

ceof

thefailure

shallbenoted,whether

ornottheinitialfailure

was

inco

mpression

ortension.See

Note

12.

NOTE12—

Photographsoftypical

failureswillbehelpfu

l.

9.5

Sp

eed

of

Tes

tin

g

9.5.1

Theload

shallbeap

plied

continuouslythro

ughoutthe

test

atauniform

rate

ofmotionofthemovab

lecrosshea

dofthe

testing

mac

hine

toac

hieve

anouterfiber

strain

rate

of0.005

in./in./min

(0.005mm/m

m/m

in)ca

lculatedin

acco

rdan

cewith

Eq

1.See

Notes

13-1

5.The

crosshea

dsp

eed,ad

justed

for

thicknes

s,sh

all

not

vary

by

more

than

650%

from

that

spec

ified

foragiven

test.Thesp

eedoftestingsh

allbereco

rded

on

thedatash

eet.

N5

zL2

6d

(1)

where:

N=

rate

ofmotion

ofmoving

hea

d,in./min

(mm/m

in),

z=

outerfiber

strain

rate,in./in./min

(mm/m

m/m

in),

L=

span

,in.(m

m),

and

d=

dep

th(thicknes

s)ofsp

ecim

en,in.(m

m).

NOTE13—

Thecrosshea

dsp

eedsh

allmea

nthefree

-running,orno-load

,crosshea

dsp

eed

fortesting

mac

hines

ofthe

mec

han

ical-d

rive

type,

and

theload

edcrosshea

dsp

eed

fortesting

mac

hines

ofthehydraulic-load

ing

type. N

OTE14—

Bas

edon

Eq

1,theca

lculated

rate

ofhea

ddes

centis:

0.12in./min(3mm/min)

for1⁄4in.(6mm)thickness,

0.24in./min(6mm/min)

for1⁄2in.(12mm)thickness,

0.36in./min(9mm/min)

for3⁄4in.(19mm)thickness,

0.48in./min(12mm/min)

for1in.(25mm)thickness.

NOTE

15—

Ifa

faster

test

spee

dis

des

ired

for

Quality

Assurance

purp

ose

s,theprinciplesofse

ction

8.5

ofTes

tM

ethodsD3043

should

be

followed

.

9.6

Lo

ad

-Defl

ecti

on

Mea

sure

men

ts

9.6.1

The

load

-defl

ection

data

shallbe

obtained

untilthe

max

imum

load

isac

hieved

.The

defl

ection

ofthe

spec

imen

shall

be

mea

sured

atthe

mid-span

point

by

mea

ns

of

an

indicating

dialgag

eorlinea

rvoltag

edifferential

tran

sduce

r

(LVDT)orlinea

rpotentiometer

(see

Note

16)attach

edto

the

bas

eofthetestingjig,withthedialplunger

inco

ntact

withthe

bottom

of

the

spec

imen

atthe

center.

This

arrangem

entis

shownin

Fig.4.Note

theload

anddefl

ectionat

firstfailure

and

atmax

imum

load

.Tak

eread

ingsofdefl

ection

atleas

tto

the

nea

rest

0.005

in.(0

.10

mm).

Fig.5

shows

atypical

load

-

defl

ection

curv

e.

NOTE16—

Therangeofstan

dard0.001-in.(0

.02-m

m)indicatingdialis

1in.(2

5mm).

The

totaldefl

ection

ofso

me

thicknes

sesofpan

elsmay

exce

ed1

in.

atfailure.

When

this

hap

pen

s,either

a2-in.

(50-m

m)

total-trav

elindicating

dialorasu

itab

le2:1

reducing

lever

inco

njunction

witha1-in.trav

eldialsh

ould

beuse

dso

that

max

imum

defl

ectionsca

nbe

obtained

.

9.7

Ca

lcu

lati

on

an

dR

epo

rt

9.7.1

The

modulu

sof

ruptu

re,

appare

nt

modulu

sof

elas

ticity,an

dwhen

required

,stress

atpro

portional

limit

and

work

-to-m

axim

um

load

shallbeca

lculated

forea

chsp

ecim

en

inac

cord

ance

with

thefo

llowing

equations:

Rb5

3P

maxL

2bd2

(2)

E5

L3

4bd3

∆P

∆y

(3)

Spl5

3P

plL

2bd2

(4)

Wm

l5

a

bdL

(5)

where:

a=

area

under

load

-defl

ection

curv

eto

max

imum

load

,

lbf·in.(N

·m),

b=

width

ofsp

ecim

enmea

sured

indry

condition,in.

(mm),

d=

thicknes

s(d

epth)

of

spec

imen

mea

sured

indry

condition,in.(m

m),

E=

apparen

tmodulusofelas

ticity,psi

(kPa),

L=

length

ofsp

an,in.(m

m),

∆P⁄∆

y=

slope

of

the

straight

line

portion

of

the

load

-

defl

ection

curv

e(see

Note

17),

lbf/in.(N

/mm),

Pm

ax

=max

imum

load

,lbf(N

),P

pl

=load

atpro

portional

limit

(see

Note

18),

lbf(N

),

MetricEquivalents

in.

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

mm

510

15

20

25

lb4

812

16

20

24

28

kg

1.8

3.6

5.4

7.2

910.8

12.6

FIG.5TypicalLoad-DeflectionCurveforStaticBendingTest

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Rb

=modulusofru

pture,psi

(kPa),

Spl

=stress

atpro

portional

limit,psi

(kPa),an

dW

ml

=work

tomax

imum

load

,lbf·in./in.3

(N·m

m/m

m3).

NOTE

17—

Alinea

rregression

of

the

load

-defl

ection

curv

ebetwee

n10%

and

40%

of

Pm

ax

gen

erally

pro

duce

ssa

tisfac

tory

resu

lts

for

(∆P/∆

y).

NOTE

18—

Pplca

nbe

determined

atthe

pointon

the

load

-defl

ection

curv

ewheretheslopeofthetangen

tdev

iatesfrom

theslopeofthestraight

line(∆

P/∆

y)more

than

agiven

thresh

old

value.

Thethresh

old

valueca

nbees

tablish

edbas

edonstatistica

lan

dgraphical

methodsan

dex

perience

.Thevalueof10%

norm

ally

gives

agood

estimatebutit

dep

endson

the

calculation

pro

cedure,thetypean

dco

ndition

ofpro

duct.

9.7.2

Thereport

shallincludetheorien

tation

oftheface

of

thepan

elduringthetest

(fac

e-uporface

down),

thedes

cription

offailure,an

dtheca

lculatedpro

perties

forea

chsp

ecim

en.For

modulus

of

elas

ticity

and

stress

atpro

portional

limit

the

param

etersuse

din

calculationssh

allbereported

.

10.TensionParallelto

Surface

10.1

Sco

pe

10.1.1

Thetensiontest

parallelto

thesu

rfac

esh

allbemad

e

todetermine

the

tensile

strength

inthe

plane

of

the

pan

el.

When

required

,theax

ialstiffn

essormodulusofelas

ticity

can

be

determined

.To

evaluate

direc

tional

pro

perties

,an

equal

number

of

spec

imen

ssh

all

be

tested

with

their

long-axis

parallelan

dperpen

dicularto

the

long-axis

ofthe

pan

el.See

Note

19.

NOTE19—

When

thematerials

exce

ed1in.in

thicknes

s,crush

ingat

the

gripsduringtest

islikelyto

adverse

lyaffect

thetest

values

obtained

.It

isreco

mmen

ded

that

for

material

greater

than

1inch

inthicknes

s,the

materialbesa

wn

to1⁄2

in.(1

2mm)thicknes

s.Tes

tvalues

obtained

from

resa

wnsp

ecim

ensmay

beonly

appro

xim

ate,

bec

ause

strengthsofmaterial

nea

rthesu

rfac

emay

vary

from

theremainder.

10.2

Tes

tS

pec

imen

10.2.1

Eac

htest

spec

imen

shallbe

prepared

assh

own

in

Fig.6.Thereduce

dse

ctionsh

allbecu

tto

thesize

shownwith

aban

dsa

w.The

minim

um

width

of

each

spec

imen

atthe

reduce

dse

ction

shallbemea

sured

toan

accu

racy

of

60.3

%.

Theco

rres

pondingthicknes

ssh

allbemea

suredto

anac

curacy

of0.001

in.(0

.025

mm).

10.3

Pro

ced

ure

10.3.1

The

spec

imen

shallbe

load

edusing

self-aligning,

self-tightening

gripsthat

distribute

the

force

even

lyover

the

grip

surfac

ean

ddo

notallow

slipping,with

gripping

surfac

es

atleas

t2-in.(5

0-m

m)sq

uare,

totran

smit

the

load

from

the

testing

mac

hine

tothe

spec

imen

.Fig.

7sh

ows

atypical

asse

mbly

forthetension

test

ofbuilding

pan

els.

10.3.2

Forea

chsp

ecim

en,thech

arac

teran

dloca

tionofthe

failure

shallbenoted.

10.4

Sp

eed

of

Tes

tin

g

10.4.1

The

load

shallbe

applied

continuously

thro

ughout

thetest

atauniform

rate

ofmotion

ofthemovab

lecrosshea

d

ofthetestingmac

hineof0.15in./min

(4mm/m

in)

650%

.See

Note

13.

10.5

Lo

ad

-Def

orm

ati

on

Mea

sure

men

ts

10.5.1

When

required

,obtain

load

-deform

ation

curv

es.To

mea

sure

the

deform

ation,

attach

anex

tenso

meter

or

other

suitab

ledev

iceover

thece

ntral

portionofthesp

ecim

en.Points

ofattach

men

t(g

agepoints)sh

allbewithin

thereduce

dse

ction

ofthesp

ecim

en.Rea

dthedeform

ationto

thenea

rest

0.0001in.

(0.0025

mm).

Choose

increm

ents

ofload

ing

sothat

notless

than

12

read

ingsareobtained

before

pro

portional

limit.

10.6

Ca

lcu

lati

on

an

dR

epo

rt

10.6.1

The

max

imum

tensile

stress

and,

when

required

,

modulusofelas

ticity

shallbeca

lculated

forea

chsp

ecim

enin

acco

rdan

cewith

thefo

llowing

equations:

Rt5

Pm

ax

bd

(6)

Et5

lg bd

∆P

∆y

(7)

where:

b=

width

ofthe

reduce

dcross-sec

tion

ofthe

spec

imen

mea

sured

indry

condition,in.(m

m),

d=

thicknes

softhesp

ecim

enmea

suredin

dry

condition,

in.(m

m),

Et

=modulus

of

elas

ticity

intension

parallel

tothe

surfac

eofthepan

el,psi

(MPa),

l g=

gag

elength

ordistance

betwee

nthe

gag

epoints

of

extenso

meter,in.(m

m),

∆P⁄∆

y=

slope

of

the

straight

line

portion

of

the

load

-

deform

ation

curv

e(see

Note

17),

lbf/in.(N

/mm),

Pm

ax

=max

imum

load

,lbf(N

),an

dR

t=

max

imum

tensile

stress,psi

(MPa).

MetricEquivalents

in.

1⁄4

111⁄4

11⁄2

223⁄4

310

mm

625.4

32

38

51

70

76

254

FIG.6DetailofSpecimenforTensionTestParallelto

Surface

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Page 5

10.6.2

Thereport

shallincludetheca

lculatedpro

perties

and

the

des

cription

offailure

forea

chsp

ecim

en.If

the

failure

is

within

1⁄2

in.(1

2mm)ofeither

grip,the

test

value

shallbe

disca

rded

.

11.TensionPerpendicularto

Surface

(InternalBond)

11.1

Sco

pe

11.1.1

Thetensiontest

perpen

dicularto

thesu

rfac

esh

allbe

mad

eto

determine

cohes

ion

of

the

pan

elin

the

direc

tion

perpen

dicularto

theplaneofthepan

el.

11.2

Tes

tS

pec

imen

11.2.1

Thetest

spec

imen

shallbe2-in.(5

0-m

m)sq

uarean

d

thethicknes

ssh

allbethat

ofthefinished

pan

el.T

hedim

ensions

ofthesp

ecim

ensh

allbemea

sured

toan

accu

racy

of

60.3

%.

11.3

Pro

ced

ure

11.3.1

Load

ing

block

sof

stee

lor

aluminum

alloy

2-in.

(50-m

m)

square

and

1in.

(25

mm)

inthicknes

ssh

all

be

effectivelybonded

withasu

itab

lead

hes

ive(see

Note

20)to

the

squareface

softhesp

ecim

en.Theresu

lting

bond

shallex

ceed

theco

hes

ivestrength

ofthematerialperpen

dicularto

theplane

ofthepan

el.Fig.8sh

owsdetails

ofthesp

ecim

enan

dload

ing

fixtures.

Themax

imum

distance

from

thece

nteroftheuniver-

sal

joint

or

self-aligning

hea

dto

the

glued

surfac

eof

the

spec

imen

shallbe3

in.(7

6mm).

NOTE20—

Any

suitab

lead

hes

ivethat

pro

vides

anad

equatebond

may

beuse

dfo

rbondingthesp

ecim

ento

theload

ingblock

s.Epoxyresinsare

reco

mmen

ded

asa

satisfac

tory

bonding

agen

t.Other

resinssu

chas

hot

melt

cemen

tsor

water

bas

edad

hes

ives

may

be

use

dpro

vided

the

conditionsofgluingdonotsignifi

cantlyalterthemoisture

conditionofthe

spec

imen

.Thepressure

required

tobond

theblock

sto

thesp

ecim

enwill

dep

endontheden

sity

ofthepan

elan

dthead

hes

iveuse

d,an

dsh

ould

not

dam

agethesp

ecim

en.

11.3.2

Engag

ethe

load

ing

fixtures,

such

asare

shown

in

Fig.8,attach

edto

thehea

dsofthetesting

mac

hine,

with

the

block

sattach

edto

the

spec

imen

.Stres

sthe

spec

imen

by

separation

of

the

hea

ds

of

the

testing

mac

hine

untilfailure

occ

urs.Thedirec

tionofload

ingsh

allbeas

nea

rlyperpen

dicu-

larto

theface

softhesp

ecim

enas

possible,an

dthece

nterof

load

shallpas

sthro

ugh

thece

nterofthesp

ecim

en.

FIG.7AssemblyforTensionTestParallelto

Surface

MetricEquivalents

in.

1⁄4

5⁄16

3⁄8

7⁄16

1⁄2

3⁄4

11⁄4

19⁄16

221⁄16

29⁄16

mm

67.5

910.5

12.7

19

31.7

39

51

52

64.3

FIG.8DetailofSpecimenandLoadingFixture

forTensionTestPerpendicularto

Surface

D1037−12

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11.4

Sp

eed

of

Tes

tin

g

11.4.1

The

load

shallbe

applied

continuously

thro

ughout

thetest

atauniform

rate

ofmotion

ofthemovab

lecrosshea

d

ofthe

testing

mac

hine

0.08

in./in.(cm/cm)ofthicknes

sper

min.It

isnotintended

that

thetesting

mac

hinesp

eed

shallbe

varied

for

small

difference

sin

pan

elthicknes

ssu

chas

an

embossed

surfac

e,butrather

that

itsh

allnotvary

more

than

650%

from

that

spec

ified

herein.See

Note

13.

11.5

Ca

lcu

lati

on

an

dR

epo

rt

11.5.1

The

intern

albond

ofea

chsp

ecim

ensh

allbe

calcu-

lated

inac

cord

ance

with

thefo

llowing

equation:

IB5

Pm

ax

ab

(8)

where:

a=

width

ofthesp

ecim

enmea

suredin

dry

condition,in.

(mm),

b=

length

ofthesp

ecim

enmea

suredin

dry

condition,in.

(mm),

Pm

ax

=max

imum

load

,lbf(N

),an

dIB

=intern

albond

strength,psi

(MPa).

11.5.2

Thereport

shallincludetheloca

tion

oftheplaneof

failure

such

asthe

face

/lay

erorthe

upper,middle

orlower

third.

Ifan

yof

the

spec

imen

sfails

due

tofailure

of

the

adhes

ive

bond

tothe

load

ing

block

,the

test

resu

ltof

that

spec

imen

shallbedisca

rded

.

12.CompressionParallelto

Surface

12.1

Sco

pe

12.1.1

Theco

mpression

test

parallelto

thesu

rfac

esh

allbe

mad

eto

determinetheco

mpressivestrength

intheplaneofthe

pan

el.

When

required

,the

axial

stiffn

ess

or

modulus

of

elas

ticity

andstress

atpro

portional

limit

canbedetermined

.To

evaluatedirec

tional

pro

perties

,an

equal

number

ofsp

ecim

ens

shallbetested

withtheirlong-axis

parallelan

dperpen

dicularto

thelong-axis

ofthepan

el.

12.2

Tes

tM

eth

od

s

12.2.1

Bec

ause

ofthelarg

evariation

inch

arac

terofwood-

bas

efiber

and

particle

pan

elmaterials

and

the

difference

sin

man

ufacturedthicknes

ses,

onemethodis

notap

plica

ble

forall

materials.Oneofthethreemethodsdetailedas

followssh

allbe

use

ddep

ending

on

the

charac

teran

dthicknes

softhe

pan

el

being

evaluated

:

12.2.2

Met

ho

dA

(La

min

ate

dS

pec

imen

),sh

allbe

use

dfo

r

materials

3⁄8

in.(1

0mm)ormore

butless

than

1in.(2

5mm)

innominal

thicknes

s,particu

larly

when

modulusofelas

ticity

and

stress

atpro

portional

limit

are

required

.Lam

inate

two

thicknes

ses

when

the

materialis

1⁄2

in.(1

3mm)orgreater

thicknes

s.Use

three

thicknes

sesfo

rmaterials

with

thicknes

s

less

than

1⁄2

in.(1

3mm).

The

nominal

size

ofthe

spec

imen

shall

be

1by

4in.(2

5by

102

mm)

by

the

thicknes

sas

laminated

.The4-in.(1

02-m

m)longdim

ensionsh

allbeparallel

totheap

plied

force.

12.2.3

Met

ho

dB

(La

tera

lS

up

po

rt),

shallbeuse

dfo

rmate-

rialsless

than

3⁄8

in.(1

0mm)in

thicknes

s,particu

larly

when

modulus

of

elas

ticity

and

stress

atpro

portional

limit

are

required

.Spec

imen

ssh

allbe1by4in.(2

5by102mm)bythe

thicknes

sas

man

ufactured

and

evaluationsmad

ein

asu

itab

le

lateralsu

pport

dev

ice.

The

4-in.(1

02-m

m)

long

dim

ension

shallbeparallelto

theap

plied

force.

12.2.4

Met

ho

dC

(Sh

ort

Co

lum

n),

shall

be

use

dwhen

max

imum

crush

ing

strength

only

isrequired

or

where

the

thicknes

softhepan

elmaterialis

1in.(2

5mm)ormore

and

either

max

imum

crush

ing

strength,modulusofelas

ticity,an

d

stress

atpro

portional

limit

oronly

max

imum

crush

ingstrength

isrequired

.W

hen

thematerialbeing

evaluated

is1

in.orless

inthicknes

s,thewidth

ofthesp

ecim

ensh

allbe1in.(2

5mm),

thethicknes

ssh

allbeas

man

ufactured,an

dthelength

(height

astested

)sh

allbefo

urtimes

thethicknes

s.W

hen

thematerial

being

evaluated

ismore

than

1in.(2

5mm)in

thicknes

s,the

width

shallbe

equal

tothe

nominal

thicknes

san

dthe

length

(heightas

load

ed)sh

allbefo

urtimes

thenominal

thicknes

s.

12.3

Tes

tS

pec

imen

12.3.1

The

test

spec

imen

ssh

all

be

carefu

lly

sawn

with

surfac

essm

ooth

and

planes

atrightan

glesto

theface

softhe

pan

elsas

man

ufactured.Forthelaminated

spec

imen

s(M

ethod

A),

piece

sofpan

elat

leas

t1

in.(2

5mm)larg

erin

length

and

width

than

the

finished

size

ofsp

ecim

ensh

allbe

laminated

using

thin

spread

sofep

oxy

resin

orother

adhes

ivethat

does

not

contain

water

or

other

swelling

agen

t(see

Note

21).

Bonding

pressures

shallnotex

ceed

50

psi

(345

kPa).Tes

t

spec

imen

ssh

allbe

sawn

from

the

laminated

piece

safterat

leas

t8

hof

curing

of

the

resin

atro

om

temperature.The

thicknes

ssh

allbe

mea

sured

toat

leas

tthe

nea

rest

0.001

in.

(0.025

mm).

The

width

shallbe

mea

sured

toan

accu

racy

of

60.3

%.

NOTE

21—

An

adhes

ive

that

contains

water

or

other

swelling

agen

tmightpro

duce

intern

alstresses

adjace

ntto

thegluelines

.

12.4

Met

ho

do

fL

oa

din

g

12.4.1

The

spec

imen

shallbe

load

edthro

ugh

asp

herical

load

ing

block

,preferably

ofthesu

spen

ded

self-aligning

type.

Thesp

ecim

ensh

allbece

nteredca

refu

llyin

thetestingmac

hine

ina

vertica

lplane

assh

own

inFig.9

forunsu

pported

4-in.

FIG.9AssemblyforCompressionParallelto

SurfaceTestofUn-

supportedSpecimen

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Page 6

(102-m

m)sp

ecim

enan

din

Fig.10fo

rlaterallysu

pported

pac

k

dev

ice.

See

Note

22.

NOTE

22—

The

lateralsu

pport

dev

ice

isdetailed

inFig.2

of

Tes

t

MethodsD3501.

12.5

Sp

eed

of

Tes

tin

g

12.5.1

The

load

shallbe

applied

continuously

thro

ughout

thetest

atauniform

rate

ofmotion

ofthemovab

lecrosshea

d

ofthetesting

mac

hineof0.005

in./in.(m

m/m

m)oflength

per

min.Spee

doftest

therefore

forthe4-in.sp

ecim

enofM

ethods

Aan

dB

shallbe0.02in./min

(0.5

mm/m

in.).See

Note

13.The

crosshea

dsp

eedsh

allnotvarybymore

than

650%

from

that

spec

ified

foragiven

test.

12.6

Lo

ad

-Def

orm

ati

on

Mea

sure

men

ts

12.6.1

When

required

,obtain

load

-deform

ation

curv

esfo

r

the

full

duration

ofea

chtest.Fig.9

showsa

Lam

b’s

Roller

Compressometer

onan

unsu

pported

spec

imen

.Fig.10sh

owsa

Marten’s

Mirro

rCompressometer

on

alaterally

supported

spec

imen

.Use

thes

eor

equally

accu

rate

instru

men

tsfo

r

mea

suring

deform

ation.Attac

hco

mpressometer

over

thece

n-

tral

portion

ofthe

length;points

ofattach

men

t(g

age

points)

shallbe

atleas

t1

in.(2

5mm)from

the

ends

ofsp

ecim

en.

Choose

increm

ents

inload

ingso

that

notless

than

12read

ings

areobtained

before

pro

portional

limit.Rea

ddeform

ationto

the

nea

rest

0.0001

in.(0

.0025

mm).

12.7

Ca

lcu

lati

on

an

dR

epo

rt

12.7.1

Theco

mpressivestrength

and,when

required

,modu-

lus

of

elas

ticity

and

stress

atpro

portional

limit

shall

be

calculated

inac

cord

ance

with

thefo

llowing

equations:

Rc5

Pm

ax

bd

(9)

E5

l g bd

∆P

∆y

(10)

Spl5

Ppl

bd

(11)

where:

b=

width

ofsp

ecim

enmea

sured

indry

condition,in.

(mm),

d=

thicknes

sofsp

ecim

enmea

suredin

dry

condition,in.

(mm),

Et

=modulus

of

elas

ticity

intension

parallel

tothe

surfac

eofthepan

el,psi

(MPa),

l g=

distance

betwee

nthegag

epoints

ofco

mpressometer,

in.(m

m),

∆P⁄∆

y=

slope

of

the

straight

line

portion

of

the

load

-

deform

ation

curv

e(see

Note

17),

lbf/in.(N

/mm),

Pm

ax

=max

imum

load

,lbf(N

),P

pl

=load

atpro

portional

limit

(see

Note

18),

lbf(N

),R

c=

compressivestrength,psi

(MPa),an

dS

pl

=stress

atpro

portional

limit,psi

(MPa).

12.7.2

The

report

shallindicate

which

method

(lam

inated

spec

imen

,lateralsu

pport,orsh

ort

column)was

use

dan

dthe

calculatedpro

perties

forea

chsp

ecim

en.Thetypeoffailure

of

each

spec

imen

shallbedetermined

and

included

inthereport.

13.LateralNailResistance

13.1

Sco

pe

13.1.1

Nail-holding

tests

shall

be

mad

eto

mea

sure

the

pan

el’s

resistan

ceto

lateralmovem

entofanailthro

ughapan

el

( Note

23).

Toev

aluatedirec

tional

pro

perties

,an

equal

number

ofsp

ecim

ens

shallbe

tested

with

the

movem

entofthe

nail

parallelan

dperpen

dicularto

thelong-axis

ofthepan

el.

NOTE23—

Ifthis

test

isperfo

rmed

on

somepan

els,

thenailmay

ben

dan

dpull

outofthe

stirru

p.If

this

hap

pen

s,the

max

imum

load

does

not

charac

terize

thetrueresistan

ceofthepan

elan

dthis

resu

ltsh

ould

benoted.

Inthes

esituations,

thenailmay

bereplace

dwith

aharden

edstee

ldowel

ofan

equivalen

tdiameter

toav

oid

nailben

ding

and

determine

the

true

resistan

ceofthepan

el.

NOTE24—

Values

obtained

from

this

test

aredep

enden

tonthethicknes

softhe

spec

imen

.Values

,howev

er,are

notdirec

tly

pro

portional

tothe

thicknes

s.Forthis

reas

on

values

obtained

from

testsofdifferentpan

els

can

only

beco

mpared

exac

tly

ifthethicknes

sesareeq

ual.

13.2

Tes

tS

pec

imen

13.2.1

Thetest

spec

imen

shallbe3in.(7

6mm)in

width

and

of

conven

ient

length

with

the

thicknes

sof

the

pan

elas

man

ufactured.Thetest

fasten

er(see

Note

25)sh

allbedriven

at

therightan

gle

totheface

ofthepan

elso

that

aboutan

equal

length

ofnailpro

jectsfrom

each

face

.The

fasten

ersh

allbe

centered

on

thewidth

and

loca

ted

1⁄4

,3⁄8,

1⁄2,or

3⁄4

in.(6

,10,

13,or19mm)from

oneen

d(see

Note

26).

Tes

tssh

allbemad

e

for

all

four

edge

distance

sfo

rea

chmaterial

tested

.The

thicknes

sofea

chsp

ecim

ensh

allbemea

suredto

anac

curacy

of

60.3

%.

NOTE

25—

Asm

ooth

shan

ksix

pen

ny

(6d)co

mmon

wire

nailwith

a0.113in.(2

.90mm)diameter

shan

kis

commonly

use

dfo

rthis

test.Other

fasten

ers,

includingharden

edstee

ldowelsofeq

uivalen

tdiameter

may

be

selected

tomee

tthetest

objectives

.It

isad

visab

leto

mea

sure

thevariation

indiameter

ofthefasten

er.

NOTE

26—

The

edge

distance

isthe

distance

from

the

centerofthe

fasten

erto

theed

geofthepan

el.

FIG.10AssemblyforCompressionParallelto

SurfaceTestofa

LaterallySupportedSpecimen

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13.3

Sp

ecim

ens

Tes

ted

inth

eD

ryC

on

dit

ion

13.3.1

When

thetestsareco

nducted

withdry

“asrece

ived

”

(sec

tion

6.3.1)ordry

“conditioned

”(sec

tion

6.3.2)materials,

the

tests

shallbe

mad

eim

med

iately

afterthe

fasten

ers

hav

e

bee

ndriven

.

13.4

Sp

ecim

ens

Mo

istu

reC

ycle

dB

efo

reTes

t

13.4.1

When

awater

soak

ed(sec

tion

6.3.3),

acce

lerated

aging(sec

tion6.3.4)orother

conditioningmethodis

employed

tosimulate

anap

plica

tion

moisture

exposu

rewith

this

test

method,thefasten

ersh

allbedriven

priorto

themoisture

cycle.

13.5

Met

ho

do

fL

oa

din

g

13.5.1

Clamp

the

end

ofthe

spec

imen

opposite

tothe

end

withthetest

fasten

erin

apositionparallelto

themovem

entof

the

testing

mac

hine.

Agrip

such

asthe

type

use

dfo

rtension

testsparallelto

theplaneofthepan

elis

suitab

le.Engag

ethe

fasten

erbythestirru

p,an

dco

nnec

tin

turn

tooneplatenofthe

testingmac

hinebyaro

d.A

typical

test

asse

mbly

formea

suring

theresistan

ceofanailin

thelateraldirec

tionis

shownin

Fig.

11.The

stirru

pan

dco

nnec

tions

are

detailed

inFig.12.See

Note

27.

NOTE27—

Forother

types

offasten

ers,

such

asstap

les,

modifi

cationof

thestirru

pmay

benec

essa

ry.

13.6

Sp

eed

of

Tes

tin

g

13.6.1

Thesp

ecim

ensh

allbeload

edco

ntinuously

thro

ugh-

outthetest

byse

parationofthehea

dsofthetestingmac

hineat

auniform

rate

ofcrosshea

dsp

eedof0.25in./min

(6mm/m

in)

650%

.See

Note

13.

13.7

Tes

tD

ata

an

dR

epo

rt

13.7.1

Theload

required

tomovethefasten

erto

theed

geof

thesp

ecim

ensh

allbethemea

sure

ofthelateralresistan

ce.The

max

imum

load

andthenature

offailure

shallbeincluded

inthe

report.See

Note

28.The

type

and

diameter

offasten

eruse

d

shallbedes

cribed

inthereport.

NOTE28—

Inso

meca

sesit

isuse

fulto

report

theresistan

cein

lbf/in.

(N/m

m)dividingthemax

imum

load

bythedep

thoffasten

erpen

etration;

forex

ample,when

differentpan

elthicknes

sesareco

mpared

.

14.NailWithdrawal

14.1

Sco

pe

14.1.1

Nail-holding

tests

shall

be

mad

eon

nails

driven

thro

ugh

the

spec

imen

from

face

toface

tomea

sure

the

resistan

ceto

the

nailwithdrawal

ina

direc

tion

norm

alto

the

face

ofthepan

el.

14.2

Tes

tS

pec

imen

14.2.1

Thetest

spec

imen

shallbeofco

nven

ientsize

,at

leas

t

3by

6in.(7

6by

152

mm)in

plane,

and

thethicknes

softhe

pan

elas

man

ufactured.

The

test

fasten

ersh

all

be

driven

thro

ugh

thepan

elat

therightan

gle

totheface

,an

dat

leas

t1⁄2

in.(1

3mm)ofthesh

ankportionsh

allpro

ject

abovethesu

rfac

e

ofthepan

el.Thethicknes

sofea

chsp

ecim

ensh

allbemea

sured

toan

accu

racy

of

60.3

%.See

Notes29

and

30.

NOTE

29—

Asm

ooth

shan

ksix

pen

ny

(6d)co

mmon

wire

nailwith

a0.113

in.(2

.90

mm)diameter

shan

kis

commonly

use

dfo

rthis

test.It

isad

visab

leto

mea

sure

the

variation

indiameter

ofthe

nails.In

certain

instan

cesit

may

bemore

des

irab

leto

use

apointed

stee

lpin

with

ahea

dorother

suitab

leen

dto

engag

etheload

-applying

fixture.

NOTE30—

Where

the

use

ofa

particu

larnailorfasten

errequires

less

than

1⁄2

in.ofsh

ank

pro

jecting

above

the

surfac

e,then

only

sufficient

length

may

beleft

topermit

engag

emen

tin

thetesting

asse

mbly.

14.3

Sp

ecim

ens

Tes

ted

inth

eD

ryC

on

dit

ion

14.3.1

When

thetestsareco

nducted

withdry

“asrece

ived

”

(sec

tion

6.3.1)ordry

“conditioned

”(sec

tion

6.3.2)materials,

thewithdrawalssh

allbemad

eim

med

iately

afterthefasten

ers

hav

ebee

ndriven

.

14.4

Sp

ecim

ens

Mo

istu

reC

ycle

dB

efo

reTes

t

14.4.1

When

awater

soak

ed(sec

tion

6.3.3),

acce

lerated

aging(sec

tion6.3.4)orother

conditioningmethodis

employed

tosimulate

anap

plica

tion

ofmoisture

exposu

rewith

this

test

method,thefasten

ersh

allbedriven

priorto

themoisture

cycle.

14.5

Met

ho

do

fL

oa

din

g

14.5.1

The

asse

mbly

forthe

naildirec

t-withdrawal

test

is

shown

inFig.13.Attac

hthe

spec

imen

-holding

fixture

tothe

lower

platenofthetestingmac

hine.

Inse

rtthesp

ecim

enin

the

fixture

with

the

hea

dsofthe

nails

up,as

shown.Engag

ethe

hea

dsofthenails

bytheload

-applyingfixture

equipped

witha

slotfo

rea

syattach

men

t.This

load

ingfixture

shallbeattach

ed

tothe

upper

platen

of

the

testing

mac

hine.

Load

ssh

allbe

applied

byse

parationoftheplatensofthetestingmac

hine.

The

fitting

isdetailed

inFig.14.See

Note

31.

NOTE31—

Forother

types

offasten

ers,

such

asstap

les,

modifi

cationof

theload

ing

fixture

may

benec

essa

ry.

14.6

Sp

eed

of

Tes

tin

g

14.6.1

Thesp

ecim

ensh

allbeload

edco

ntinuously

thro

ugh-

outthe

test

by

auniform

motion

ofthe

movab

lehea

dofthe

testingmac

hineat

arate

of0.06in./min

(1.5

mm/m

in)

650%

.

See

Note

13.

FIG.11TestAssemblyforMeasuringtheResistanceofNailsto

LateralMovement

D1037−12

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Page 7

14.7

Tes

tD

ata

an

dR

epo

rt

14.7.1

Themax

imum

load

required

towithdraw

thefasten

er

shallbe

the

mea

sure

ofresistan

ceofthe

materialto

direc

t

fasten

erwithdrawal,an

dsh

allbe

included

inthe

report.See

Note

28.The

type

and

the

size

ofthe

fasten

eruse

dsh

allbe

des

cribed

inthereport.

15.Nail-HeadPull-Through

15.1

Sco

pe

15.1.1

Nail-hea

dpull-thro

ugh

testssh

allbe

mad

eto

mea

-

sure

theresistan

ceofapan

elto

hav

ingthehea

dofaco

mmon

nailorother

fasten

erpulled

thro

ugh

thepan

el.This

test

isto

simulate

theco

nditionen

counteredwithfo

rces

that

tendto

pull

pan

elingorsh

eathingfrom

afram

e.See

Note

24an

dNote

32.

NOTE32—

Forinteriorap

plica

tions,

theresistan

ceto

pull-thro

ugh

ofa

finishing

nailmay

be

preferred

.For

other

applica

tions,

some

spec

ial

fasten

erslikestap

lesorro

ofingnails

may

bedes

ired

instea

dofaco

mmon

nail. 15.2

Tes

tS

pec

imen

15.2.1

Thetest

spec

imen

shallbeofco

nven

ientsize

,at

leas

t

3by

6in.(7

6by

152

mm)in

plane,

and

thethicknes

softhe

pan

elas

man

ufactured.Thetest

nailsh

allbedriven

thro

ughthe

pan

elat

therightan

gle

totheface

withthehea

dflush

withthe

surfac

eofthe

pan

el(see

Note

33).

The

size

ofthe

hea

dan

d

shan

kdiameters

of

the

nails

use

dfo

rthis

testing

shallbe

mea

sured

and

reported

toan

accu

racy

of

61.0

%.Thethick-

nes

sofea

chsp

ecim

ensh

allbe

mea

sured

toan

accu

racy

of

60.3

%.

MetricEquivalents

in.

1⁄16

1⁄8

3⁄16

3⁄8

1⁄2

5⁄8

3⁄4

7⁄8

111⁄8

11⁄4

21⁄4

mm

1.5

34.5

912.7

15

19

21

25.4

28

32

57

FIG.12DetailofStirrupsandConnectionsforMeasuringtheResistanceofNailsto

LateralMovement

FIG.13TestAssemblyforMeasuringtheResistanceofNailsto

DirectWithdrawal

NOTE1—

1in.=

25.4

mm.

FIG.14DetailsofTestingEquipmentforMeasuringtheResis-

tanceofNailsto

DirectWithdrawal

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NOTE33—

Asixpen

ny

(6d)co

mmon

wire

nailwith

a0.266

in.(6

.75

mm)

diameter

hea

dan

da

0.113

in.

(2.90

mm)

diameter

shan

kis

commonly

use

dfo

rthis

test.Other

fasten

ersmay

bese

lected

tomee

tthe

test

objectives

.

15.3

Sp

ecim

ens

Tes

ted

inth

eD

ryC

on

dit

ion

s

15.3.1

When

thetestsareco

nducted

withdry

“asrece

ived

”

(sec

tion

6.3.1)ordry

“conditioned

”(sec

tion

6.3.2)materials,

thepull

thro

ugh

shallbemad

eim

med

iately

afterthefasten

ers

hav

ebee

ndriven

.

15.4

Sp

ecim

ens

Mo

istu

reC

ycle

dB

efo

reTes

t

15.4.1

When

awater

soak

ed(sec

tion

6.3.3),

acce

lerated

aging(sec

tion6.3.4)orother

conditioningmethodis

employed

tosimulate

anap

plica

tion

ofmoisture

exposu

rewith

this

test

method,thefasten

ersh

allbedriven

priorto

themoisture

cycle.

15.5

Met

ho

do

fL

oa

din

g

15.5.1

Modify

the

asse

mbly

forthe

direc

twithdrawal

test

detailed

inFig.14

by

replacing

the

top

pairofan

glesin

the

spec

imen

-holdingfixture

witha6-in.(1

52-m

m)length

of6by

21⁄4-in.(1

52by57-m

m)stee

lch

annel.Theweb

ofthech

annel

shallhav

ea

3-in.(7

6-m

m)diameter

open

ing

centered

inthe

web

.The

edge

of

this

open

ing

pro

vides

the

support

tothe

spec

imen

during

test.The

spec

imen

-holding

fixture

shallbe

centered

and

attach

edit

tothe

lower

platen

of

the

testing

mac

hine.

Thesp

ecim

ensh

allbeinse

rted

intheholdingfixture

with

thepointofthetest

fasten

erup.Thepointed

end

ofthe

fasten

ersh

allbe

gripped

with

agripping

dev

ice

of

such

a

des

ignas

toallow

accu

rate

spec

imen

positioningan

dtrueax

ial

load

ing

(see

Note

34).

Load

shallbeap

plied

by

separation

of

theplatensofthetesting

mac

hine.

NOTE34—

A“J

acob’s”-typedrill

chuck

attach

edto

theupper

platenof

thetestingmac

hinewithauniversa

ljointortoggle

linkag

e,to

pro

videfo

rau

tomatic

aligning,has

bee

nuse

dsu

cces

sfully.

15.6

Sp

eed

of

Tes

tin

g

15.6.1

Thesp

ecim

ensh

allbeload

edco

ntinuously

thro

ugh-

outthe

test

by

auniform

motion

ofthe

movab

lehea

dofthe

testingmac

hineat

arate

of0.06in./min

(1.5

mm/m

in)

650%

.

See

Note

13.

15.7

Tes

tD

ata

an

dR

epo

rt

15.7.1

Themax

imum

load

required

topull

thehea

dofthe

fasten

erthro

ughthepan

elsh

allbethemea

sure

ofresistan

ceof

the

materialto

fasten

er-h

ead

pull-thro

ugh,an

dsh

allbe

in-

cluded

inthereport

forea

chsp

ecim

en.See

Note

28.Thereport

shalldes

cribe

the

type

and

hea

dan

dsh

ank

diametersofthe

nails

use

dan

dthefailure

modes

obse

rved

.

16.DirectScrew

Withdrawal

16.1

Sco

pe

16.1.1

Scre

w-h

old

ing

tests

shall

be

made

on

scre

ws

thread

edinto

the

pan

elto

mea

sure

the

resistan

ceto

screw

withdrawal

ina

plane

norm

alto

the

face

ofthe

pan

el.For

numerous

applica

tions,

the

withdrawal

resistan

ceof

screws

from

the

edge

of

the

pan

elis

des

ired

.W

hen

that

value

is

required

thesc

rew

withdrawal

resistan

cein

theplaneparallel

totheface

shallbedetermined

.See

Note

24.

16.2

Tes

tS

pec

imen

16.2.1

Wit

hd

raw

al

fro

mth

eF

ace

of

the

Pa

nel

—The

test

spec

imen

shallbeofco

nven

ientsize

,at

leas

t3by4in.(7

6by

102

mm)in

plane.

The

thicknes

softhe

spec

imen

shallbe

at

leas

t1

in.

(25

mm)

unless

other

considerations

mak

eit

des

irab

leto

test

with

the

thicknes

sas

man

ufactured,bec

ause

loca

lben

dingofthepan

elat

withdrawal

may

affect

test

resu

lts.

Ifnec

essa

ry,glueup

two

ormore

thicknes

sesofthepan

elto

arriveat

the1-in.minim

um

thicknes

s.A

rubber

cemen

torother

suitab

leflex

ible

adhes

ive

shallbe

use

d,which

does

notalter

thepro

perties

and

moisture

condition

ofthepan

el.Thesc

rew

(see

Note

35)sh

allbethread

ed2⁄3in.(1

7mm)into

alead

hole

inthesp

ecim

enat

therightan

gle

totheface

ofthepan

el.The

lead

hole

shallbe

predrilled

using

adrill

of0.9

ofthe

root

diameter

ofthesc

rew

(see

Note

36).

16.2.2

Wit

hd

raw

al

fro

mth

eE

dg

eo

fth

eP

an

el—

The

test

spec

imen

shallbeofco

nven

ientsize

,at

leas

t3by6in.(7

6by

152

mm)in

plane,

and

thethicknes

softhepan

elas

man

ufac-

tured(see

Note

37).Toev

aluatedirec

tional

pro

perties

,an

equal

number

ofsp

ecim

ens

shallbe

tested

with

screw

withdrawal

parallelan

dperpen

dicularto

the

long-axis

ofthe

pan

el.The

screw

(see

Note

35)sh

allbethread

ed2⁄3in.(1

7mm)into

alead

hole

intheed

geofthepan

elat

midthicknes

sat

therightan

gle

tothe

surfac

eofthe

edge.

The

lead

hole

shallbe

predrilled

usingadrill

of0.9

ofthero

otdiameter

ofthesc

rew

(see

Note

36). N

OTE

35—

Number

10

TypeAB

screwssh

ould

hav

ea

rootdiameter

0.138

60.003in.(3

.51

60.1

mm)an

dapitch

of16thread

sper

inch

.The

diameter

ofthelead

hole

should

be0.125

in.(3

.2mm).

NOTE36—

Itis

reco

gnized

that

someother

lead

hole

diameter

may

give

higher

withdrawal

resistan

cevalues

for

some

den

sities

and

kinds

of

pan

els.

Dep

arturesfrom

this

size

oflead

hole

arepermitted,butdiameter

use

dsh

allbereported

.

NOTE37—

Inso

meap

plica

tionswherese

veral

thicknes

sesofhardboard

orthethinner

particleb

oardarelaminated

together,it

may

bedes

irab

leto

obtain

theed

gewithdrawal

resistan

ceofalaminated

pan

el.W

hen

this

isdone,

thesp

ecim

enis

laminated

from

anodd

number

ofthicknes

sesan

dthesc

rew

isloca

ted

atthemidthicknes

softhece

nterlaminate.

16.3

Sp

ecim

ens

Tes

ted

inth

eD

ryC

on

dit

ion

16.3.1

When

thetestsareco

nducted

withdry

“asrece

ived

”

(sec

tion

6.3.1)ordry

“conditioned

”(sec

tion

6.3.2)materials,

the

withdrawals

shallbe

mad

eim

med

iately

afterthe

screws

hav

ebee

nem

bed

ded

.

16.4

Sp

ecim

ens

Cyc

led

Bef

ore

Tes

t

16.4.1

When

awater

soak

ed(sec

tion

6.3.3),

acce

lerated

aging(sec

tion6.3.4)orother

conditioningmethodis

employed

tosimulate

anap

plica

tion

ofmoisture

exposu

rewith

this

test

method,the

screw

shallbe

embed

ded

priorto

the

moisture

cycle.

16.5

Met

ho

do

fL

oa

din

g

16.5.1

Theas

sembly

forthedirec

tsc

rew

withdrawal

isthe

sameas

shownfo

rdirec

tnailwithdrawal

inFig.13.A

ttac

hthe

spec

imen

-holding

fixture

tothe

lower

platen

of

the

test

mac

hine.

Inse

rtthesp

ecim

enin

thefixture

withthehea

dofthe

screw

up

assh

own.Engag

ethe

hea

dof

the

screw

by

the

load

-applyingfixture

equipped

withaslotfo

rea

syattach

men

t.

Attac

hthis

load

ing

fixture

tothe

upper

platen

ofthe

testing

mac

hine.

Load

shallbeap

plied

byse

parationoftheplatensof

thetesting

mac

hine.

16.6

Sp

eed

of

Tes

tin

g

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