Designation: D 3379 - 75 (Reapproved 1989)!
Standard Test Method for
Tensile Strength and Young's Modulus for High-Modulus
‘Single-Filament Materials*
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LL Tis fest meta covers he preparation, mounting, and
tssting of high-modulus singlesilament matenals over >
21 x 10) Pa @3 % 10" pi] forthe determination of tensile
Suengih and Young's aoduls, at room temperature.
112 This test method is mid to singe flarent izing a
fixed goge length at least 2000 times longer than the nominal
flamer diamcter
1.3 This standard may involve hazardous meres, pera
tions. and equipment This standard doce ot purport 10
‘adres ll of the safer concerns assotated wi is use Is
the reponsility of the ser of this standard establish
‘appropriate safety and health pracuccs and determine the
“pplicabuty of regulatory lations prior to we:
2 Referonced Documents
21 ASTM Standart:
1D 6 Test Mth for Tensile Properties of Plats?
Ed Prachoss for Force Yenfiation of Testing Machines?
6 Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Tet
ing?
contions, grip syetam end mourned specimen, I must be
‘brated fi the indicated clomuaion yield ee speximen
‘ongaton inthe gngs length (Note 1). System compliance
‘orection vil not apply when elongation nthe specimen EaBe
length is determined by direst measurement.
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3.2 Definitions of terms and symbols relating to this test
‘method appear in Teminology E 6, and the Appendix to Test
Method B63
4. Summary of Test Method
4.1 Arann selection of ingle arts mad fr the
smart he fest. The filament are centerline mounted on
Special sled tbs The wake are gripped so that the tt
Spevimen i aligned asially in the jaws of comatantspeed
Tovableeresshend tes! machine. The filaments are then
‘Besse wo failure et constant trina.
“42 For ths txt method, filament erossetional ares are
Alcamined by plnimeter mensnements of = epeccaatine
‘number of flamer cross seston: ae displayed om highly
‘nagniied photomicromraphs, Alternative methods of area Je-