BIS IS 1608 : 2005

NATIONAL FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Principle
4 Definitions
5 Symbols and designations
6 Test piece
7 Determination of original cross-sectional
   area (S[0])
8 Making the original gauge length (L[0])
9 Accuracy of testing apparatus
10 Conditions of testing
11 Determination of percentage elongation after
   fracture (A)
12 Determination of percentage total elongation
   at maximum force (A[gt])
13 Determination of proof strength, non proportional
   extension (R[p])
14 Determination of proof strength, total extension (R[t])
15 Method of verification of permanent set strength (R[r])
16 Determination of percentage reduction of area (Z)
17 Accuracy of the results
18 Test report
Annex A (normative) - Types of test piece to be used
        for thin products: sheets, strips and flats
        between 0,1 mm and 3 mm thick
Annex B (normative) - Types of test piece to be used for wire,
        bars and sections with a diameter or thickness of
        less than 4 mm
Annex C (normative) - Types of test piece to be used for sheets
        and flats of thickness equal to or greater than 3 mm,
        and wire, bars and sections of diameter or thickness
        equal to or greater than 4 mm
Annex D (normative) - Types of test piece to be used for tubes
Annex E (informative) - Precautions to be taken when measuring
        the percentage elongation after fracture if the
        specified value is less than 5%
Annex F (informative) - Nomogram for calculating the gauge
        lengths of test pieces of rectangular cross-section
Annex G (informative) - Measurement of percentage elongation
        after fracture based on subdivision of the original
        gauge length
Annex H (informative) - Manual method of determination of
        percentage total elongation at maximum force for
        long products such as bars, wire, rods
Annex J (informative) - An "Error Budget" approach to the
        estimation of the uncertainty of measurement in
        tensile testing
Annex K (informative) - Precision of tensile testing - Results
        from interlaboratory test programmes
Annex L (informative) - Bibliography

Describes the method for tensile testing of metallic materials and defines the mechanical properties which can be determined at ambient temperature.