The ASTM A370, “Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products,” has just been revised and the new 2014 Edition is available from Document Center Inc. The 50-page test method standard covers testing of steel, stainless steel and related alloys. You’ll use these tests to determine the properties required by your product specifications.
Mechanical tests cover tension, bend, hardness, and impact. An additional 10 Annexes cover bar products, tubular products, fasteners, round wire products, notched-bar impact tests, conversion of percentage elongation for round specimens to flat ones, multi-wire strands, rounding your test data, steel reinforcing bars, and heat-cycle simulation.
The last revision of this document was released in 2013. Changes from this previous (now obsolete) edition are found in the revised section 19.1, additional information in Note 7, revisions to the hardness test location in annex A3.3.1, and a correction to Table A5.1. You’ll find the detailed information on page 50 of the new release.
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