Designation:D4632/D4632M−15aStandardTestMethodforGrabBreakingLoadandElongationofGeotextiles1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD4632/D4632M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodisanindextestwhichprovidesaprocedurefordeterminingthebreakingload(grabstrength)andelongation(grabelongation)ofgeotextilesusingthegrabmethod.Thistestmethodisnotsuitableforknittedfabricsandalternatetestmethodsshouldbeused.Whileusefulforqualitycontrolandacceptancetestingforaspecificfabricstructure,theresultscanonlybeusedcomparativelybetweenfabricswithverysimilarstructures,becauseeachdifferentfabricstructureperformsinauniqueandcharacteristicmannerinthistest.Thegrabtestmethodsdoesnotprovidealltheinformationneededforalldesignapplicationsandothertestmethodsshouldbeused.1.2Proceduresformeasuringthebreakingloadandelon-gationbythegrabmethodinboththedryandwetstateareincluded;however,testingisnormallydoneinthedrycondi-tionunlessspecifiedotherwiseinanagreementorspecifica-tion.1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D76/D76MSpecificationforTensileTestingMachinesforTextilesD123TerminologyRelatingtoTextilesD1776/D1776MPracticeforConditioningandTestingTex-tilesD2905PracticeforStatementson...
