Standard Test Method for Toughness of Wood-Based Structural Panels

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1.1 This test method for toughness of wood-based structural panels covers the determination of energy necessary to cause failure by impact loading of a beam specimen which is simply supported and loaded at midspan. Wood-based structural panels in use include plywood, waferboard, oriented strand board, and composites of veneer and of wood-based layers.  
1.2 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:D3499–94 (Reapproved2000)
Standard Test Method for
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Toughness of Wood-Based Structural Panels
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3499; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope may be applied to a test specimen. The pendulum shall consist
of a bar to which is fastened a weight adjustable to different
1.1 This test method for toughness of wood-based structural
positions and shall carry at its upper end a drum or pulley
panels covers the determination of energy necessary to cause
whose center provides the axis of rotation. The force shall be
failure by impact loading of a beam specimen which is simply
applied to the specimen by means of a flexible steel cable
supported and loaded at midspan. Wood-based structural pan-
passing over the drum.Astationary graduated scale or dial and
els in use include plywood, waferboard, oriented strand board,
a vernier operated by the moving drum shall be provided for
and composites of veneer and of wood-based layers.
reading the angles through which the pendulum swings. The
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
machine shall be adjusted before test so that the pendulum
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
hangs truly vertical and adjusted to correct for friction. The
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
cable shall be adjusted so that the load is applied to the
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
specimen when the pendulum swings to within approximately
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
15°oftheverticalsoastoproducecompletefailurebythetime
2. Referenced Documents the downward swing is completed.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
NOTE 1—Theset-upshowninFig.1hasbeenfoundtogivesatisfactory
D 143 Method of Testing Small Clear Specimens of Tim-
results.
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ber
5. Test Specimen
D 2395 Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Wood and
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Wood-Base Materials 5.1 The toughness test specimen to be used in conjunction
D 4442 TestMethodsforDirectMoistureContentMeasure- with the Forest Products Laboratory toughness testing machine
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ment of Wood and Wood-Base Materials shall be ⁄8 in. (16 mm) in width for material less than ⁄8 in. (16
mm) in thickness, and the thickness of the specimen shall be
3. Significance and Use
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equal to that of the material. For material more than ⁄8 in. (16
3.1 The failure of wood-based materials with impact loads mm) in thickness, the width shall be equal to the thickness of
is sometimes an important criteria in design considerations. In
the material, thus making the specimen square in cross section.
addition, some effects on the mechanical properties of wood, The length shall be determined from the thickness of the
such as decay, are best evaluated by measuring its toughness.
material in accordance with Table 1. The actual cross-sectional
This test method serves to evaluate the toughness of structural dimensions, and the specimen and span length shall be mea-
panel products while Methods D 143 can be used to measure
sured to an accuracy of not less than 60.3 % or 0.001 in. (0.02
the toughness of solid clear wood specimens. mm) whichever is larger.
4. Apparatus
6. Control of Moisture
4.1 The toughness testing machine (Note 1) shall consist of 6.1 Panel specimens to be tested at specific moisture con-
a frame supporting a pendulum, being so arranged that a
tents or after reaching equilibrium moisture content at specific
measured amount of the energy from the fall of the pendulum temperature and relative humidity conditions shall be condi-
tioned to approximate constant weight in controlled atmo-
spheric conditions. For approximating moisture conditions of
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D07 on Wood
panels used under dry conditions, a relative humidity of 65 6
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D07.03 on Panel Products.
2 % at a temperature of 68 6 6°F (20 6 3°C) is recommended.
Current edition approved July 15, 1994. Published September 1994. Originally
published as D 3499 – 76. Last previous edition D 3499 – 76 (1986).
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D3499–94 (2000)
FIG. 1 Toughness Test of Structural Panel Showing Load Applied to Specimen When Pendulum is Approximately 15° from the Vertical
TABLE 1 Length of To
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