Table of Contents

1 -  AS 4878.6-2001 METHODS OF TEST FOR COATED FABRICS - DETERMINATION OF TENSILE STRENGTH AND ELONGATION AT BREAK
1 -  PREFACE
3 -  1 Scope
3 -  2 Normative references
4 -  3 Definitions
4 -  3.1 maximum force
4 -  3.2 elongation; extension
4 -  3.3 percentage elongation
4 -  3.4 force at break
4 -  3.5 elongation at break
4 -  3.6 nominal gauge length
4 -  3.7 elongation at maximum force
4 -  3.8 constant rate of extension (CRE)
4 -  3.9 strip test
4 -  3.10 grab test
4 -  4 Principle
4 -  5 Apparatus
4 -  5.1 Constant rate of extension (CRE) tensile testing machine
5 -  5.2 Clamping device
5 -  5.3 Equipment for cutting test pieces and fraying them down to the required width
5 -  5.4 Equipment in which the test pieces can be immersed in water
5 -  5.5 Distilled or deionized water
5 -  5.6 Wetting agent or surfactant
5 -  6 Atmosphere for conditioning and testing
5 -  7 Method 1: strip test method
5 -  7.1 Sampling and preparation of test pieces
6 -  7.2 Procedure
6 -  7.2.1 Mounting the test piece in place
6 -  7.2.2 Operation
6 -  7.2.3 Slippage
7 -  7.2.4 Jaw breaks
7 -  7.2.5 Tests on wet test pieces
7 -  7.3 Calculation and expression of results
7 -  7.4 Test report
8 -  8 Method 2: grab test method
8 -  8.1 Sampling and preparation of test pieces
8 -  8.2 Procedure
8 -  8.2.1 Mounting the test piece in place
8 -  8.2.2 Operation
8 -  8.2.3 Slippage
8 -  8.2.4 Jaw breaks
9 -  8.2.5 Tests on wet test pieces
9 -  8.3 Calculation and expression of results
9 -  8.4 Test report

Abstract

Specifies the methods for the determination of tensile strength and elongation at break. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 1421:1998.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
Pages
ISBN
Committee	TX-005
Supersedes	DR 01154 CP