Designation:D8199−20StandardTestMethodforDeterminingtheSpecificStrengthofHydraulicallyAppliedFiberMatrixProductsforErosionControl1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD8199;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisstandardprovidesaquantitativetestmethodtodeterminethespecificstrengthofhydraulicallyappliedfibermatrixproductsusingdryandwetpreparationmethodsinalaboratorysetting.Thismethodisdesignedforuseasanindextestforproductqualityassuranceorqualitycontrol,orbothtocomplywithmanufacturingrequirements.Thistestmethodisnotindicativeofproductperformanceinthefield.1.2Units—ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.Report-ingoftestresultsinunitsotherthanSIshallnotberegardedasnonconformancewiththisstandard.1.3AllobservedandcalculatedvaluesshallconformtotheguidelinesforsignificantdigitsandroundingestablishedinPracticeD6026,unlesssupersededbythistestmethod.1.3.1Theproceduresusedtospecifyhowdataarecollected/recordedandcalculatedinthestandardareregardedastheindustrystandard.Inaddition,theyarerepresentativeofthesignificantdigitsthatgenerallyshouldberetained.Theproce-duresuseddonotconsidermaterialvariation,purposeforobtainingthedata,specialpurposestudies,oranyconsider-ationsfortheuser’sobjectives;anditiscommonpracticetoincreaseorreducesignificantdigitsofreporteddatatobecommensuratewiththeseconsiderations.Itisbeyondthescopeofthesetestmethodstoconsidersignificantdigitsusedinanalysismethodsforengineeringdata.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspr...
