Designation:F1575−03(Reapproved2013)StandardTestMethodforDeterminingBendingYieldMomentofNails1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1575;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversproceduresfordeterminingthebendingyieldmomentofnailswhensubjectedtostaticloading.Itisintendedonlyfornailsusedinengineeredconnectionapplications,inwhicharequiredconnectioncapac-ityisspecifiedbythedesigner.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E4PracticesforForceVerificationofTestingMachinesE1470TestMethodforCharacterizationofProteinsbyElectrophoreticMobility(Withdrawn2014)3F1667SpecificationforDrivenFasteners:Nails,Spikes,andStaples3.Terminology3.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.1.1bendingyieldmoment—themomentdeterminedfromtheload-deformationcurvethatisintermediatebetweentheproportionallimitandmaximumloadforthenail.Itiscalculatedbytheintersectionoftheload-deformationcurvewithalinerepresentedbytheinitialtangentmodulusoffset5%ofthefastenerdiameter.3.1.2transitionzone—thelocationofthetransitionfromsmoothshanktothreadedshankonadeformed-shanknail.3.1.3yieldtheory—themodelforlateralloaddesignvaluesfordowel-typefastenersthatspecificallyaccountsforthedifferentwaystheseconnectionsbehaveunderload.Thecapacityoftheconnectionundereachyieldmodeisdeter-minedbythebearingstrengthofthematerialunderthefastenerandthebendingstrengthofthefastener,withthelowestcapacitycalculatedforthevariousmodesbeing...