ISO Standards for Mechanical Testing
A consolidated library of ISO test methods for tensile, tear, compression, flexural, impact and hardness testing, organized by material. Linked standards open our complete guides: current edition, specimen dimensions and tolerances, test speeds, formulas with worked examples, the ASTM equivalent and the grips, fixtures, extensometers and testing machines Universal Grip supplies for the method. Looking for ASTM? See the ASTM standards library. CTRL+F to search.
Adhesives:
ISO 4624 - Paints and varnishes - Pull-off test for adhesion
ISO 8510-2 - Adhesives - Peel test for a flexible-bonded-to-rigid test specimen assembly - 180 degree peel
ISO 11339 - Adhesives - T-peel test for flexible-to-flexible bonded assemblies
ISO 25217 - Adhesives - Determination of the mode 1 adhesive fracture energy of structural adhesive joints (DCB and TDCB)
Composites:
ISO 14125 - Fibre-reinforced plastic composites - Determination of flexural properties
ISO 14129 - Fibre-reinforced plastic composites - In-plane shear stress/shear strain response by the +/-45 degree tension test
ISO 15024 - Fibre-reinforced plastic composites - Mode I interlaminar fracture toughness, GIC, for unidirectionally reinforced materials
Elastomers:
ISO 37 - Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of tensile stress-strain properties
ISO 188 - Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Accelerated ageing and heat resistance tests
ISO 1817 - Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of the effect of liquids
ISO 2285 - Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of tension set under constant elongation, and of tension set, elongation and creep under constant tensile load
ISO 4649 - Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of abrasion resistance using a rotating cylindrical drum device
ISO 7619-1 - Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of indentation hardness - Part 1: Durometer method (Shore hardness)
ISO 7743 - Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of compression stress-strain properties
Foam:
ISO 844 - Rigid cellular plastics - Determination of compression properties
ISO 1856 - Flexible cellular polymeric materials - Determination of compression set
ISO 2439 - Flexible cellular polymeric materials - Determination of hardness (indentation technique)
ISO 3386-1 - Polymeric materials, cellular flexible - Determination of stress-strain characteristics in compression - Part 1: Low-density materials
ISO 8067 - Flexible cellular polymeric materials - Determination of tear strength
Metal:
ISO 148-1 - Metallic materials - Charpy pendulum impact test - Part 1: Test method
ISO 6506-1 - Metallic materials - Brinell hardness test - Part 1: Test method
ISO 6507-1 - Metallic materials - Vickers hardness test - Part 1: Test method
ISO 6508-1 - Metallic materials - Rockwell hardness test - Part 1: Test method
ISO 6892-1 - Metallic materials - Tensile testing - Part 1: Method of test at room temperature
ISO 6892-2 - Metallic materials - Tensile testing - Part 2: Method of test at elevated temperature
ISO 7438 - Metallic materials - Bend test
ISO 7500-1 - Metallic materials - Calibration and verification of static uniaxial testing machines - Part 1: Tension/compression testing machines
ISO 9513 - Metallic materials - Calibration of extensometer systems used in uniaxial testing
ISO 15630-1 - Steel for the reinforcement and prestressing of concrete - Test methods - Part 1: Reinforcing bars, rods and wire
ISO 16808 - Metallic materials - Sheet and strip - Determination of biaxial stress-strain curve by means of bulge test with optical measuring systems
Paper:
ISO 1974 - Paper - Determination of tearing resistance - Elmendorf method
ISO 2758 - Paper - Determination of bursting strength
Plastics:
ISO 178 - Plastics - Determination of flexural properties
ISO 179-1 - Plastics - Determination of Charpy impact properties - Part 1: Non-instrumented impact test
ISO 180 - Plastics - Determination of Izod impact strength
ISO 527-1 - Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 1: General principles
ISO 604 - Plastics - Determination of compressive properties
ISO 868 - Plastics and ebonite - Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness)
ISO 899-1 - Plastics - Determination of creep behaviour - Part 1: Tensile creep
ISO 6603-2 - Plastics - Determination of puncture impact behaviour of rigid plastics - Part 2: Instrumented impact testing
ISO 8256 - Plastics - Determination of tensile-impact strength
ISO 8295 - Plastics - Film and sheeting - Determination of the coefficients of friction
ISO 2039-1 - Plastics - Determination of hardness - Part 1: Ball indentation method
Textiles:
ISO 13934-2 - Textiles - Tensile properties of fabrics - Part 2: Determination of maximum force using the grab method
ISO 13935-1 - Textiles - Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made-up textile articles - Part 1: Strip method
ISO 13937-2 - Textiles - Tear properties of fabrics - Part 2: Determination of tear force of trouser-shaped test specimens (single tear method)
ISO 9073-3 - Nonwovens - Test methods - Part 3: Determination of tensile strength and elongation
ISO 13938-1 - Textiles - Bursting properties of fabrics - Part 1: Hydraulic method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension