Designation:E2443−05(Reapproved2018)ϵ1StandardGuideforVerifyingComputer-GeneratedTestResultsThroughTheUseOfStandardDataSets1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2443;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—Sections3.1.2,3.1.4,4.2,4.7.3,4.8.4,and4.10wereeditoriallycorrectedinAugust2018.1.Scope1.1Thisguideestablishesaprocessfortheverificationofapplicationsoftwareusedtocalculatethemechanicalproper-tiesofmaterials.1.2Thisguidehastwopurposes:(1)itprovidesguidelinesforcreatingstandarddatasetsforverifyingcomputer-generatedtestresults,and(2)itdescribeshowuserscanverifywhetherthecalculationsintheirapplicationsoftwareproduceaccurate,acceptableresults.Thisdoesnotensurethatthesoftwarewillproducecorrectresultsinallcases.Theverifi-cationisonlyforthoseconditionscoveredbythestandarddatasets.Thisguideusestheconceptofstandard“datasets,”whicharemadeavailablebytheASTMgroupsresponsibleforeachoftheindividualstandards.1.3Thisguidedefinestheterminology,theformat,andtheprocessfortheuseofthesedatasetsandhowthedatasetsaretobeusedforverification.Itdoesnotdefinethespecificdatasetsrequiredtoverifyeachoftheapplicationstandards.Rather,suchdatasetswouldbecomeanecessarypartofthestandardandwouldbeclassifiedasanadjunctinaccordwiththedefinitioninsectionB29ofthe“FormandStyleforASTMStandards.”Thisclassifiesanadjunctasanymaterialthatisrequiredforuseofthestandardbutisnotpracticabletopublishasanintegralpartofthestandard.1.4InAnnexA1thereisanexampleofhowsuchdatasetswouldbemadeavailableforoneexamplestandard.1.5Becausetheverificationdatasetsarecontainedinfilessuppliedtotheapplicationsoftwareinthecomputer,thisprocedureonlyprovidesverificationofpost-testcalculationsperformedbythecomputersystem.Itdoesnotevaluatethedataacquisitionsystem,real-timecalculations,oranyotherpartoft...
