1.1 This test method covers determination of facesheet properties of flat sandwich constructions subjected to flexure in such a manner that the applied moments produce curvature of the sandwich facesheet planes and result in compressive and tensile forces in the facesheets. Permissible core material forms include those with continuous bonding surfaces (such as balsa wood and foams) as well as those with discontinuous bonding surfaces (such as honeycomb).
1.2 Units—The values stated in either SI units or inchpound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system are not necessarily exact equivalents; therefore, to ensure conformance with the standard, each system shall be used independently of the other, and values from the two systems shall not be combined.
1.2.1 Within the text, the inch-pound units are shown in brackets.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. NOTE 1—Alternate procedures for determining the compressive strength of unidirectional polymer matrix composites materials in a sandwich beam configuration may be found in Test Method D5467/ D5467M.
1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
ASTM D7249/D7249M-20 Referenced Document
ASTM C273/C273M Standard Test Method for Shear Properties of Sandwich Core Materials*, 2024-04-21 Update
ASTM C393/C393M Standard Test Method for Core Shear Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Beam Flexure*, 2020-07-01 Update
ASTM D3410/D3410M Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials with Unsupported Gage Section by Shear Loading
ASTM D3878 Standard Terminology Composite Materials
ASTM D5229/D5229M Standard Test Method for Moisture Absorption Properties and Equilibrium Conditioning of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
ASTM D5467/D5467M Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Unidirectional Polymer Matrix Composites Using a Sandwich Beam
ASTM D7250/D7250M Standard Practice for Determining Sandwich Beam Flexural and Shear Stiffness*, 2020-07-01 Update
ASTM E122 Standard Practice for Calculating Sample Size to Estimate, With a Specified Tolerable Error, the Average for Characteristic of a Lot or Process
ASTM E1237 Standard Guide for Installing Bonded Resistance Strain Gages
ASTM E177 Standard Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test Methods
ASTM E251 Standard Test Methods for Performance Characteristics of Metallic Bonded Resistance Strain Gages
ASTM E4 Standard Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines
ASTM E456 Standard Terminology for Relating to Quality and Statistics
ASTM E6 Standard Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Testing
ASTM D7249/D7249M-20 history
2020ASTM D7249/D7249M-20 Standard Test Method for Facesheet Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Long Beam Flexure
2018ASTM D7249/D7249M-18 Standard Test Method for Facesheet Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Long Beam Flexure
2016ASTM D7249/D7249M-16e1 Standard Test Method for Facing Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Long Beam Flexure
2016ASTM D7249/D7249M-16 Standard Test Method for Facing Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Long Beam Flexure
2012ASTM D7249/D7249M-12e1 Standard Test Method for Facing Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Long Beam Flexure
2012ASTM D7249/D7249M-12 Standard Test Method for Facing Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Long Beam Flexure
2006ASTM D7249/D7249M-06 Standard Test Method for Facing Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Long Beam Flexure