Foreword
Committees responsible
Method
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Symbols
4. Principle
5. Testing equipment and measuring accuracy
6. Specimens
7. Stress intensity factors
8. Crack length
9. Test procedure
10. Data analysis
11. Test report
Appendices
A. Grips and fixtures
B. Information on methods for measuring crack length
C. Stress intensity factor functions
Tables
1. Toleranced dimensions of specimens
2. Stress intensity factor function values for SENB3
specimens
3. Stress intensity factor function values for SENB4
specimens
4. Stress intensity factor function values for CT
specimens
5. Stress intensity function values for CCT specimens
Figures
1. Three-point single edge notch bend specimen (SENB3)
2. Four-point single edge notch bend specimen (SENB4)
3. Compact tension specimen (CT)
4. Centre-cracked tension specimen (CCT)
5. Permitted notch geometry
6. Test fittings for SENB3 specimens
7. Test fittings for SENB4 specimens
8. Recommended test fittings for CT specimens
9. Recommended test fittings for pin-loaded CCT
specimens
10. Typical steel end-plate design for 250 mm wide
aluminium alloy centre-cracked sheet specimen
100 kN maximum load, R>0