ASTM D6507-11

Standard Practice for Fiber Reinforcement Orientation Codes for Composite Materials

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
The purpose of a laminate orientation code is to provide a simple, easily understood method of describing the lay-up of a laminate. The laminate orientation code is based largely on a combination of industry practice and the codes used in the NASA/DOD Advanced Composites Design Guide, MIL-HDBK-17-2F, and ISO 1268-1.
The braiding orientation code provides similar information for a two-dimensional braid, based largely on Standard Test Methods for Textile Composites.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice establishes orientation codes for continuous-fiber-reinforced composite materials. Orientation codes are explicitly provided for two-dimensional laminates and braids. The laminate code may also be used for filament-wound materials. A method is included for presenting subscript information in computerized formats that do not permit subscript notation.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 28-Feb-2011
• ICS: 65.020.20 - Plant growing
• Technical Committee: D30 - Composite Materials
• Drafting Committee: D30.01 - Editorial and Resource Standards

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D6507-00(2005) - Standard Practice for Fiber Reinforcement Orientation Codes for Composite Materials
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2011
• Replaced By: ASTM D6507-16 - Standard Practice for Fiber Reinforcement Orientation Codes for Composite Materials
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2016
• Referred By: ASTM D7750-23 - Standard Test Method for Cure Behavior of Thermosetting Resins by Dynamic Mechanical Procedures using an Encapsulated Specimen Rheometer
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2011
• Referred By: ASTM C1783-15 - Standard Guide for Development of Specifications for Fiber Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Composite Structures for Nuclear Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2011
• Referred By: ASTM D8335-20 - Standard Guide for Identification of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Matrix Composite Materials
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2011
• Referred By: ASTM C1793-15 - Standard Guide for Development of Specifications for Fiber Reinforced Silicon Carbide-Silicon Carbide Composite Structures for Nuclear Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2011
• Referred By: ASTM C1836-16(2023) - Standard Classification for Fiber Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Composite Structures
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2011
• Referred By: ASTM D8066/D8066M-23 - Standard Practice Unnotched Compression Testing of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2011
• Referred By: ASTM C1835-16(2023) - Standard Classification for Fiber Reinforced Silicon Carbide-Silicon Carbide (SiC-SiC) Composite Structures
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2011
• Referred By: ASTM D4762-18 - Standard Guide for Testing Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2011

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D6507 − 11
StandardPractice for
Fiber Reinforcement Orientation Codes for Composite
1
Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6507; 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.
1. Scope 4. Significance and Use
1.1 This practice establishes orientation codes for 4.1 The purpose of a laminate orientation code is to provide
continuous-fiber-reinforced composite materials. Orientation a simple, easily understood method of describing the lay-up of
codes are explicitly provided for two-dimensional laminates a laminate. The laminate orientation code is based largely on a
and braids. The laminate code may also be used for filament- combination of industry practice and the codes used in the
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wound materials.Amethod is included for presenting subscript NASA/DOD Advanced Composites Design Guide, MIL-
information in computerized formats that do not permit sub- HDBK-17-2F, and ISO 1268-1.
script notation.
4.2 The braiding orientation code provides similar informa-
tion for a two-dimensional braid, based largely on Standard
2. Referenced Documents
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Test Methods for Textile Composites.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
D3518/D3518M Test Method for In-Plane Shear Response
5. Reference System
of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials byTensileTest of
5.1 A reference plane and direction are selected before
a 645° Laminate
writing the orientation code. The reference plane is selected as
D3878 Terminology for Composite Materials
the bottom or top layer for the laminate orientation code. For
E1309 Guide for Identification of Fiber-Reinforced
laminates symmetric about their midplane, the orientation code
Polymer-Matrix Composite Materials in Databases
using the top layer as the reference plane is identical to the
2.2 Other Documents:
orientation code using the bottom layer as the reference plane;
MIL-HDBK-17-2F, Polymer Matrix Composites, Vol 2
selection of the reference plane effectively determines the
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Materials Properties, Section 1.6.1
positive z-orthree-axisofthelaminate.Thereferencedirection
ISO 1268-1 Fibre-reinforced Plastics—Methods of Produc-
(0°) is somewhat arbitrarily selected for convenience and
ing Test Plates—Part 1: General Conditions, Annex
relevance to the application. Often, a dominant fiber direction
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Stacking Designation Systems
is defined to be 0°. An example in which relevance to testing
determines the reference direction is the D3518/D3518M
3. Terminology
in-plane shear specimen configuration for which the loading
3.1 Definitions—Definitions in accordance with Terminol-
direction is selected as 0°.
ogy D3878 shall be used where applicable.
6. Laminate Orientation (Lay-up) Code
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D30 on Composite
6.1 The following information and the examples in Fig. 1
Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D30.01 on Editorial and
describe the laminate orientation code. Ply directions and
Resource Standards.
Current edition approved March 1, 2011. Published April 2011. Originally number of layers are indicated using the laminate orientation
approved in 2000. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as D6507 – 00 (2005).
code as follows:
DOI: 10.1520/D6507-11.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or @θ m b /θ m b .# notes (1)
1 1 1 2 2 2
nsb
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
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the ASTM website. NASA/DOD Advanced Composites Design Guide, Vol. 4, Section 4.0.5, Air
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Available from DOD Single Stock Point, 700 Robbins Ave., Building 4D, Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Day, OH, prepared by Rockwell Interna-
Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, http://www.dodssp.daps.mil/ tional Corp., 1983(distribution limited).
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Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., Masters, J. E., and Portanova, M. A., Standard Test Methods for Textile
4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org. Composites, NASA CR-4751, NASA Langley Research Center, 1996
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States
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FIG. 1 Examples of Laminate Orientation Code
where: reference direction when looking toward the lay-up surface
(right-hand rule). A consistent range of angles is used with all
θ , θ = ply orientations (degrees) of the laminate stacking
1 2
angles in the range 90≥θ > –90. Orientations of successive
sequence (see 6.1.2),
la
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Designation:D6507–00 (Reapproved 2005) Designation:D6507–11
Standard Practice for
Fiber Reinforcement Orientation Codes for Composite
1
Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6507; 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.
1. Scope
1.1 This practice establishes orientation codes for continuous-fiber-reinforced composite materials. Orientation codes are
explicitly provided for two-dimensional laminates and braids. The laminate code may also be used for filament-wound materials.
A method is included for presenting subscript information in computerized formats that do not permit subscript notation.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
D3518/D3518M Test Method for In-Plane Shear Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials by Tensile Test of a 45
Laminate
D3878 Terminology for Composite Materials
E1309 Guide for Identification of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer-Matrix Composite Materials in Databases
2.2 Other Documents:
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MIL-HDBK-17-2D,MIL-HDBK-17-2F, Polymer Matrix Composites, Vol 2 Materials Properties, Section 1.6.1
ISO 1268-1 Fibre-reinforced Plastics—Methods of Producing Test Plates—Part 1: General Conditions, Annex Stacking
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Designation Systems
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions—Definitions in accordance with Terminology D3878 shall be used where applicable.
4. Significance and Use
4.1 The purpose of a laminate orientation code is to provide a simple, easily understood method of describing the lay-up of a
laminate. The laminate orientation code is based largely on a combination of industry practice and the codes used in the
5
NASA/DOD Advanced Composites Design Guide, MIL-HDBK-17MIL-HDBK-17-2F, and ISO 1268-1.
4.2 The braiding orientation code provides similar information for a two-dimensional braid, based largely on Standard Test
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Methods for Textile Composites.
5. Reference System
5.1 Areferenceplaneanddirectionareselectedbeforewritingtheorientationcode.Thereferenceplaneisselectedasthebottom
or top layer for the laminate orientation code. For laminates symmetric about their midplane, the orientation code using the top
layer as the reference plane is identical to the orientation code using the bottom layer as the reference plane; selection of the
reference plane effectively determines the positive z- or three-axis of the laminate. The reference direction (0°) is somewhat
arbitrarily selected for convenience and relevance to the application. Often, a dominant fiber direction is defined to be 0°. An
example in which relevance to testing determines the reference direction is the D3518/D3518M in-plane shear specimens
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D30 on Composite Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D30.01 on Editorial and
Reference Standards.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2005. Published October 2005. Originally approved in 2000. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as D6507–00. DOI:
10.1520/D6507-00R05.on Editorial and Resource Standards.
Current edition approved March 1, 2011. Published April 2011. Originally approved in 2000. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as D6507 – 00 (2005). DOI:
10.1520/D6507-11.
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For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
3
Available from DOD Single Stock Point, 700 Robbins Ave., Building 4D, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, http://www.dodssp.daps.mil/
4
Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
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NASA/DODAdvancedCompositesDesignGuide,Vol.4,Section4.0.5,AirForceWrightAeronauticalLaboratories,Day,OH,preparedbyRockwellInternationalCorp.,
1983(distribution limited).
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Masters, J. E., and Portanova, M. A., Standard Test Methods for Textile Composites, NASA CR-4751, NASA Langley Research Center, 1996.1996
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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configuration for which the loading direction is selected as 0°.
6. Laminate Orientation (Lay-up) Code
6.1 The following information and the examples in F
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