Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Terms and symbols
5 Principle
6 Test piece
7 Determination of original cross-sectional area
8 Marking the original gauge length
9 Accuracy of testing apparatus
10 Conditions of testing
11 Determination of the upper yield strength
12 Determination of the lower yield strength
13 Determination of proof strength, plastic extension
14 Determination of proof strength, total extension
15 Method of verification of permanent set strength
16 Determination of the percentage yield point extension
17 Determination of the percentage plastic extension at
maximum force
18 Determination of the percentage total extension at
maximum force
19 Determination of the percentage total extension at fracture
20 Determination of percentage elongation after fracture
21 Determination of percentage reduction of area
22 Test report
23 Measurement uncertainty
Annex A (informative) - Recommendations concerning the use
of computer-controlled tensile testing machines
Annex B (normative) - Types of test pieces to be used for thin
products: sheets, strips and flats between 0,1 mm
and 3 mm thick
Annex C (normative) - Types of test pieces to be used for wire,
bars and sections with a diameter or thickness of less
than 4 mm
Annex D (normative) - Types of test pieces to be used for sheets
and flats of thickness equal to or greater than 3 mm,
and wire, bars and sections of diameter or thickness
equal to or greater than 4 mm
Annex E (normative) - Types of test pieces to be used for tubes
Annex F (informative) - Estimation of the crosshead separation
rate in consideration of the stiffness (or compliance) of the
testing equipment
Annex G (normative) - Determination of the modulus of elasticity
on metallic materials under uniaxial tensile loading
Annex H (informative) - Measuring the percentage elongation after
fracture if the specified value is less than 5%
Annex I (informative) - Measurement of percentage elongation
after fracture based on subdivision of the original gauge length
Annex J (informative) - Determination of the percentage plastic
elongation without necking, A[wn], for long products such as
bars, wire and rods
Annex K (informative) - Estimation of the uncertainty of measurement
Annex L (informative) - Precision of tensile testing - Results from
interlaboratory programmes
Bibliography