ASTM F1646-03e1

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-Aug-2003
• ICS: 01.040.61 - Clothing industry (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 61.020 - Clothes
• Technical Committee: F13 - Pedestrian/Walkway Safety and Footwear
• Drafting Committee: F13.91 - Editorial and Terminology

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F1646-03 - Standard Terminology Relating to Safety and Traction for Footwear
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM F1646-05 - Standard Terminology Relating to Safety and Traction for Footwear
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2005
• 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-Aug-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F2892-18 - Standard Specification for Performance Requirements for Soft Toe Protective Footwear (Non-Safety / Non-Protective Toe)
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F2966-19 - Standard Guide for Snow and Ice Control for Walkway Surfaces
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2003
• 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-Aug-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F1166-23 - Standard Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment, and Facilities<rangeref></rangeref >
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F2413-18 - Standard Specification for Performance Requirements for Protective (Safety) Toe Cap Footwear
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2003
• 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-Aug-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F1637-21 - Standard Practice for Safe Walking Surfaces
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F3132-20 - Standard Practice for Selection of Walkway Surfaces When Considering Pedestrian Safety
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F2508-16e1 - Standard Practice for Validation, Calibration, and Certification of Walkway Tribometers Using Reference Surfaces
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:F1646–03
Standard Terminology Relating to
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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.
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e NOTE—Per Committee F13 Bylaws, editorially transferred approved terms from other F13 standards in January 2004.
1. Scope 3. Terminology
1.1 This terminology standard covers terminology used in
adhesion, n—the tendency of one surface to adhere to another
safety and traction for footwear and related material.
surfacepriortomovementduetodwelltime,aswellasother
1.2 Words adequately defined in standard dictionaries are
factors.
not included. Included are words that are particular to this
arch, n—the bony framework of the foot extending from the
industry.
heel to the toes and sustained by the muscles and ligaments
in the form of an arch.Also, the bottom curve of a shoe last
NOTE 1—The following standards are currently under the jurisdiction
from heel to ball.
of ASTM Committee F13 on Safety and Traction for Footwear and are
included in 2.1: Test Methods F 489, F 609, and F 694; Practices F 695
barefoot, adv or adj—with the feet uncovered or unclothed;
and F 1637; and Guides F 802 and F 1240.
without shoes or stockings.
bollard, n—a thick, low, short, post, often of iron or steel and
2. Referenced Documents
usually used in series, provided for the purpose of excluding
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
or diverting motor vehicles from a road, lawn, or path.
D 5859 Test Method for Determining the Traction of Foot-
F 1637
wear on Painted Surfaces Using the Variable Incidence
breast, n—the forward or front face of a shoe heel.
Tester
carpet, n—permanently secured fibrous floor covering.
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F 489 Test Method for Using a James Machine
DISCUSSION—Area rugs, mats, and runners are not considered to be
F 609 Test Method for Using a Horizontal Pull Slipmeter
carpet for the purpose of this practice. F 1637
(HPS)
F 694 Test Method for Heel-Attaching Strength of Wom-
clean, n—free from visible or tactile contamination.
en’s Shoes
coating, n—a layer of any substance intentionally applied to a
F 695 Practice for Ranking of Test Data Obtained for
surface to modify its functional or decorative characteristics.
MeasurementofSlipResistanceofFootwearSole,Heel,or
coefficient-of-friction (COF or µ), n—a dimensionless num-
Related Materials
ber: the ratio of two forces acting at the interface of two
F 802 Guide for Selection of Certain Walkway Surfaces
contacting solid bodies. The force used in the numerator is
When Considering Footwear Traction
paralleltothesurfacesandtheforceusedinthedenominator
F 1240 Guide for Ranking Footwear Bottom Materials on
is perpendicular (normal) to the surfaces. See also dynamic
Contaminated Walkway Surfaces According to Slip Resis-
coeffıcient of friction.
tance Test Results
coefficient of friction (COF), n—the ratio of the horizontal
F 1637 Practice for Safe Walking Surfaces
component of force (parallel to the walkway surface and
F 1694 Guide for Composing Walkway Surface Evaluation
passing through the tester center of gravity) required to
and Incident Report Forms for Slips, Stumbles, Trips and
overcome the friction to the normal component of the
Falls
vertical force (weight) of the object. D 5859
coefficient of friction, n—theratioofthefrictionalforcetothe
force, usually gravitational, acting perpendicular to the two
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F13 on Safety
surfaces in contact. This coefficient is a measure of the
and Traction for Footwear and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F13.91
relative difficulty with which the surface of one material will
on Terminology.
Current edition approved Aug. 10, 2003. Published Aug. 2003. Originally
slide over an adjoining surface of itself, or of another
approved in 1995. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as F 1646 – 02.
material. The static or starting coefficient of friction (µ)is
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s
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related to the force measured to begin movement of the
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
surfaces relative to each other. The kinetic or sliding
the ASTM website.
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