ASTM E196-06
(Practice)Standard Practice for Gravity Load Testing of Floors and Low Slope Roofs
Standard Practice for Gravity Load Testing of Floors and Low Slope Roofs
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This practice is intended to be used by parties involved in the testing of floors and roofs of structures either in the field or the laboratory. Tests are either proof tests or tests to failure, and are applicable to all construction materials. The practice is not intended for use in routine quality control testing of individual building elements or constructions.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers static load testing of floors and low slope roofs (roofs having a slope of less than 1 in 12) under actual or simulated service conditions, and is applicable to typical elements or sections of structures fabricated for test or to actual existing building components. This practice is intended for use in determining the strength and stiffness of elements or sections of floors and roofs of buildings under gravity loads, as well as in checking the design, materials, connections, and the quality of the fabrication of such building constructions.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: E196 − 06
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Gravity Load Testing of Floors and Low Slope Roofs
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E196; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope 4. Significance and Use
1.1 This practice covers static load testing of floors and low
4.1 This practice is intended to be used by parties involved
slope roofs (roofs having a slope of less than 1 in 12) under in the testing of floors and roofs of structures either in the field
actual or simulated service conditions, and is applicable to
or the laboratory. Tests are either proof tests or tests to failure,
typical elements or sections of structures fabricated for test or and are applicable to all construction materials. The practice is
to actual existing building components. This practice is in-
not intended for use in routine quality control testing of
tended for use in determining the strength and stiffness of
individual building elements or constructions.
elements or sections of floors and roofs of buildings under
gravity loads, as well as in checking the design, materials,
5. Types of Tests
connections, and the quality of the fabrication of such building
5.1 Proof Tests—Proof tests are intended to give assurance
constructions.
that the construction will support a specified load or will not
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
exceed a given deflection under this load, or both. If the floor
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
or roof is to be placed in service after the proof test, or is part
only.
of an existing structure which must remain in service after the
test, great care must be exercised to determine that structural
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
damage has not occurred, or that if failure did occur, damage is
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
minimal and the safety of personnel is not jeopardized.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
5.2 Failure Tests—Failure tests are carried out to obtain
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
more detailed information on the performance, ultimate load
carrying capacity, the mode of failure, the adequacy of the
2. Referenced Documents
connections, and to develop the complete load-deflection curve
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for the construction(s).
2.1 ASTM Standards:
E575 Practice for Reporting Data from Structural Tests of
6. Test Specimens
Building Constructions, Elements, Connections, and As-
semblies
6.1 The area or size of the test specimen shall be a
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
representative section, taken to duplicate the structural perfor-
mance of the actual floor or roof, or shall be a typical element
3. Terminology
or bay of an existing structure. When a loading test is
performed on a particular floor or roof composed of many
3.1 Fordefinitionsoftermsinthispractice,seeTerminology
identical segments, the selection of a representative test section
E631.
shallbeapprovedbythebuildingofficialorpartyforwhomthe
test is being performed. Normally only one representative
portion of the structure need be tested, except where various
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor-
areas of a floor or roof are subject to differing types of loading,
mance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.11 on
or where a number of structural elements or sections in a
Horizontal and Vertical Structures/Structural Performance of Completed Structures.
Current edition approved Jan. 15, 2006. Published January 2006. Originally
building are suspect and to be proof loaded.
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approved in 1962. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as E196 – 95 (2000) .
DOI: 10.1520/E0196-06.
6.2 The condition of the materials in the assembly to be
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
tested shall be reasonably equivalent, at the time of test, to the
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
conditionsassumedinthedesignorrepresentativeoftheactual
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. in-service conditions.
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