ASTM F1646-00

Standard Terminology Relating to Safety and Traction for Footwear

SCOPE
1.1 This terminology standard covers terminology used in safety and traction for footwear and related material.
1.2 Words adequately defined in standard dictionaries are not included. Included are words that are particular to this industry.
Note 1—The following standards are currently under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-13 on Safety and Traction for Footwear and are included in : Test Methods F 489, F 609, and F 694; Practices F 695 and F 1637; and Guides F 802 and F 1240.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2002
• ICS: 01.040.61 - Clothing industry (Vocabularies)
• Technical Committee: F13 - Pedestrian/Walkway Safety and Footwear
• Drafting Committee: F13.91 - Editorial and Terminology

Relations

• Referred By: ASTM F2413-18 - Standard Specification for Performance Requirements for Protective (Safety) Toe Cap Footwear
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2508-16e1 - Standard Practice for Validation, Calibration, and Certification of Walkway Tribometers Using Reference Surfaces
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F3445-21 - Standard Specification for Performance Requirements when Evaluating Slip Resistance of Protective (Safety) Footwear using ASTM F2913 Whole Shoe Test Method
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F1694-21 - Standard Guide for Composing Walkway Surface Investigation, Evaluation and Incident Report Forms for Slips, Stumbles, Trips, and Falls
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F1637-21 - Standard Practice for Safe Walking Surfaces
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2892-18 - Standard Specification for Performance Requirements for Soft Toe Protective Footwear (Non-Safety / Non-Protective Toe)
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F3132-20 - Standard Practice for Selection of Walkway Surfaces When Considering Pedestrian Safety
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2966-19 - Standard Guide for Snow and Ice Control for Walkway Surfaces
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F1166-23 - Standard Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment, and Facilities<rangeref></rangeref >
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F2913-19 - Standard Test Method for Measuring the Coefficient of Friction for Evaluation of Slip Performance of Footwear and Test Surfaces/Flooring Using a Whole Shoe Tester
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1646 – 00
Standard Terminology Relating to
Safety and Traction for Footwear
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1646; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope the ratio of two forces acting at the interface of two
contacting solid bodies. The force used in the numerator is
1.1 This terminology standard covers terminology used in
parallel to the surfaces and the force used in the denominator
safety and traction for footwear and related material.
is perpendicular (normal) to the surfaces. See also dynamic
1.2 Words adequately defined in standard dictionaries are
coeffıcient of friction.
not included. Included are words that are particular to this
contaminant—any substance between and not a part of either
industry.
of the two surfaces; contaminant, contaminating, contami-
NOTE 1—The following standards are currently under the jurisdiction
nation.
of ASTM Committee F-13 on Safety and Traction for Footwear and are
contamination—any undesirab le solid or liquid material that
included in 2.1: Test Methods F 489, F 609, and F 694; Practices F 695
rests upon a surface, or exists between two mating surfaces;
and F 1637; and Guides F 802 and F 1240.
contaminant, contaminating.
2. Referenced Documents
contralateral, adj—located, occurring, or acting on the oppo-
site side of the body.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
dwell time—the duration of time beginning at the instant a
F 489 Test Method for Using a James Machine
tribometer’s test foot is placed upon the surface to be tested,
F 609 Test Method for Using a Horizontal Pull Slipmeter
and ending at the instant a shear force is applied to the
(HPS)
sensor.
F 694 Test Method for Heel-Attaching Strength of Wom-
dynamic coefficient of friction (DCOF)— a coefficient of
en’s Shoes
friction, μ , obtained during relative translation between two
d
F 695 Practice for Evaluation of Test Data Obtained for
contacting solid bodies; used interchangeably with kinetic
Measurement of Slip Resistance of Footwear Sole, Heel, or
coeffıcient of friction.
Related Materials
fall—undesirable descent due to the force of gravity, usually
F 802 Guide for Selection of Certain Walkway Surfaces
from a standing posture or during ambulation, to a lower
When Considering Footwear Traction
level, usually the ground or floor.
F 1240 Guide for Categorizing Results of Footwear Slip
fit—the degree to which an article of hosiery or footwear
Resistant Measurements on Walkway Surfaces With an
conforms to the shape of the foot upon which it is worn.
Interface of Various Foreign Substances
floor surface—See walkway surface.
F 1637 Practice for Safe Walking Surfaces
footwear, n—wearing apparel for the feet (such as shoes,
3. Terminology
boots, slippers, or overshoes), usually excluding hosiery.
foxing, n—a piece of material applied to the upper or extend-
arch, n—an inner portion of a shoe resembling an arch in form
ing around the outs
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