BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 3597-3:2003 Textile-glass-reinforced plastics - Determination of mechanical properties on rods made of roving-reinforced resin - Part 3: Determination of compressive strength ICS 59.100.10; 83.120 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BSISO3597-3:2003 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO 3597-3:2003 and implements it as the UK national standard. It supersedes BS 2782-10 Method 1008C:1996 which is withdrawn. n sheffieldun, na, Mon Nov 27 02:12:56 GMT+00:00 2006, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/42, Fibre reinforced thermosetting plastics and prepregs, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the"Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitselfconfer immunity fromlegalobligations. This British Standard was Summary of pages published under the authority This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the ISO title page, of the Standards Policy and Licensed Copy: sheffieldun s Strategy Committee pages i to iv, pages 1 to 4, an inside back cover and a back cover. on 30October 2003 The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date Comments @ BSI 30 October 2003 ISBN0580428338 BSIS03597-3:2003 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 3597-3 Second edition 2003-10-01 Textile-glass-reinforced plastics - Determination of mechanical properties on rods made of roving-reinforced resin - Part 3: Determination of compressive strength Plastiques renforcesverre textile-Determination des proprietes mécaniques surjoncsdestratifils- Partie 3: Determination de la resistance en compression Reference number ISO 3597-3:2003(E) ISO = BSIS03597-3:2003 , Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI Contents Page Foreword 1 Scope 2 Normativereferences 3 Apparatus... 4 Preparation and conditioning of specimens.. 2 5 Procedure..... 2 6 Expressionofresults. 7 Precision.. 8 Test report.... ii BSIS03597-3:2003 Textile-glass-reinforced plastics Determination of mechanical properties on rods made of roving-reinforced resin Part 3: Determination of compressive strength 1 Scope onrodsthathavebeenpretreatedbyimmersioninboilingwater(oranothermedium)foraspecifiedtime.The test is intended for inspection and quality control of rovings or for evaluating their suitability for use in a resin system. The results obtained are not intended for the generation of design data Normativereferences The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. IsO3597-1,Textile-glass-reinforced plastics- Determination of mechanical properties on rods madeof roving-reinforcedresinPart1:Generalconsiderationsandpreparationofrods Apparatus 3.1 Compression-testing machine, capable of maintaining a compression speed of1mm/min. 3.2 Two test jigs, for example as shown in Figure 1, each consisting of: a) a baseplate (1); b) an elasti