Designation:F1702−10(Reapproved2018)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardTestMethodforMeasuringImpact-AttenuationCharacteristicsofNaturalPlayingSurfaceSystemsUsingaLightweightPortableApparatus1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1702;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodisusedtodeterminetheimpact-attenuationcharacteristicsofnaturalturfgrassandsoilplayingsurfacesystemswithalightweightportableapparatus.Thistestmethodcanbeusedtocomparetheimpactattenuationchar-acteristicsofnaturalplayingsurfacesystems,aswellasassessingtheeffectsofmanagementpracticesontheimpactattenuationcharacteristics.Thistestmethodalsocanbeusedtoassessthecompactibilityofnaturalplayingsurfacesbyrecord-ingg-maxvaluesorpenetrationofsuccessiveimpacts,orboth.1.2Thistestmethodprovidesaprocedureforassessingimpactattenuationcharacteristicsinthefield,onbothactualplayingsurfacesandresearchplots.Numericaldatawillnotbecomparabletodataobtainedusingadifferentmissilemassorgeometry,differentdropheight,ordifferentstandardmethod,forexample,TestMethodF1936.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.1.5Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D5874TestMethodsforDeterminationoftheImpac...
