This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee. Designation: D3763 - 23 INTERNATIONAL Standard Test Method for High Speed Puncture Properties of Plastics Using Load and Displacement Sensors1 This standard is issued under the fixed designation D3763; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A superscript epsilon (s) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval. 1. Scope* E2935 Practice for Evaluating Equivalence of Two Testing Processes 1.1 This test method covers the determination of puncture 2.2 ISO Standard:3 properties of rigid plastics over a range of test velocities. -Determination of Multi-axial Impact ISO 6603-2 Plastics- 1.2 Test data obtained by this test method are relevant and Behavior of Rigid Plastics Part 2: Instrumented Puncture appropriate for use in engineering design. Test 1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this 3. Terminology standard. 3.1 Definitions-Terms used in this standard are defined in 1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the accordance with Terminology D883, unless otherwise speci- safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the fied. For terms relating to precision and bias and associated responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- issues, the terms used in this standard are defined in accordance priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter- with Terminology E456. mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. NoTE 1This standard and ISO 6603-2 address the same subject 4. Significance and Use matter, but differ in technical content. The technical content and results 4.1 This test method is designed to provide load versus shall not be compared between the two test methods. deformation response of plastics under essentially multi-axial 1.5 This international standard was developed in accor- deformation conditions at impact velocities. This test methoo dance with internationally recognized principles on standard- further provides a measure of the rate sensitivity of the material ization established in the Decision on Principles for the to impact. Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom- 4.2 Multi-axial impact response, while partly dependent on mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical thickness, does not necessarily have a linear correlation with Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee. specimen thickness. Therefore, results must be compared only 2. Referenced Documents for specimens of essentially the same thickness, unless specific responses versus thickness formulae have been established for 2.1 ASTM Standards:2 the material. D618 Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing D883 Terminology Relating to Plastics 4.3 For many materials, there are cases where a specifica- D4000 Classification System for Specifying Plastic Materi- tion that requires the use of this test method, but with some procedural modifications that take precedence when adhering als E456 Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics to the specification. Therefore, it is advisable to refer to that material specification before using this test method. Table 1 of E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Classification System D4000 lists the ASTM materials stan- Determine the Precision of a Test Method dards that currently exist 5. Interferences This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D20 on Plastics and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D20.10