Standard Testing List

 

Standards prepared by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM):

ASTM C series: 271, 272, 297, 365.

ASTM D series: 143, 198, 905, 1037, 1183, 1623, 1761, 2294, 2395, 2559, 3043, 3535, 4442, 4761, 5055, 5456, 5764.

ASTM E series: 72, 661.

Standards prepared by the American Institute of Timber Construction (AITC):

AITC T series: 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 110, 114, 116, 119.

TTMA series: 37-94. (Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association)

Other standards can be added to the above list upon request from our clients.  WRD also performs tests according to other standards when accreditation is not required.  

Here is a table of web pages showing pictures according to the following test standards :

ASTM D series: 143

Standard Methods of Testing Small Clear Specimens of Timber

               

ASTM D series: 198

Standard Test Methods of Static Tests of Lumber in Structural Sizes

ASTM D series: 905

Shear Testing

   

ASTM D series: 1623

Standard Test Method for Tensile And Tensile Adhesion Properties of Rigid Cellular Plastics

ASTM D series: 2294

Standard Test Method for Tensile And Tensile Adhesion Properties of Rigid Cellular Plastics

   

ASTM E series: 72

Transverse Load and Racking Shear Test on Walls

   

ASTM E series: 661

Standard Test Method for Performance of Wood and Wood-Based Floor and Roof Sheathing Under Concentrated Static and Impact Loads

AITC T series: 107

Shear Test

 

AITC T series: 119

Full Size End Joint Tension Test

TTMA series: 37-94. (Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association)

Determining Floor System Static Strength Based on Floorboard Failure