Designation:F1575−17StandardTestMethodforDeterminingBendingYieldMomentofNails1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1575;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodcoversproceduresfordeterminingthebendingyieldmomentofnailswhensubjectedtostaticloading.Itisintendedonlyfornailsusedinengineeredconnectionapplications,inwhicharequiredconnectioncapac-ityisspecifiedbythedesigner.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.1.4Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E4PracticesforForceVerificationofTestingMachinesF1667SpecificationforDrivenFasteners:Nails,Spikes,andStaples3.Terminology3.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.1.1bendingyieldmoment—themomentdeterminedfromtheload-deformationcurvethatisintermediatebetweentheproportionallimitloadandmaximumloadforthenail.Itiscalculatedbytheintersectionoftheload-deformationcurvewithalinerepresentedbytheinitialtangentmodulusoffset5%ofthefastenerdiameter.3.1.2deformedshank—anailshankthathasbeenmechani-callydeformedwithannularrings,barbs,helicalflutes,etc.forthepurposeofimprovedwithdrawalcapacity.3.1.2.1fullydeformedshank—anailshankthathasdefor-mationalongtheentirelength.3.1.2.2partiallydeformedshank—a...
