i AS 4693.

4—2004
EN 12230:2003
TM
Australian Standard
Surfaces for sports areas—Methods of test
AS 4693.4—2004

Method 4: Determination of tensile properties of

synthetic sports surfaces
This national Standard is the identical implementation of EN 12230:2003 and is
adopted with permission of CEN, Rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels
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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by Standards Australia Committee PL-048, Sporting Surfaces.
This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from EN 12230:2003, Surfaces for
sports areas—Determination of tensile properties of synthetic sports surfaces.
The objective of this Standard is to specify a method for the determination of the tensile
properties of materials used as surfaces for sports areas. It is applicable to elastometric
materials which are used as the upper wearing layer of such areas, and to elastomeric
materials used as underlayers in composite sports surfacing systems. It is applicable both to
prefabricated sheet materials and to materials formed by casting of liquid systems cured in
situ.
As this Standard is reproduced from a European Standard, the following applies:
(a) Its number does not appear on each page of text and its identity is shown only on the
cover and title page.
(b) In the source text ‘this European Standard’ should read ‘this Australian Standard’.
A full point substitutes for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.

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CONTENTS

Page

1 SCOPE....................................................................................................................1
2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES .................................................................................1
3 TERM AND DEFINTION .......................................................................................1
4 PRINCIPLE ............................................................................................................1
5 APPARATUS..........................................................................................................1
5.1 TEST MACHINE ....................................................................................................1
5.2 THICKNESS GAUGE .............................................................................................2
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5.3 DIAL GAUGE.........................................................................................................2

6 TEST SPECIMENS .................................................................................................2
6.1 DIMENSIONS ........................................................................................................2
6.2 PREPARATION AND CONDITIONING .................................................................3
6.3 NUMBER OF TEST SPECIMENS...........................................................................3
7 PROCEDURE .........................................................................................................4
8 CALCULATION AND EXPRESSION OF RESULTS ..............................................4
8.1 RELATIVE ELONGATION ....................................................................................4
8.2 MAXIMUM TENSILE STRENGTH ........................................................................4
8.3 TENSILE STRESS AT RUPTURE ..........................................................................5
9 TEST REPORT .......................................................................................................5
BIBLIOGRAPHY.............................................................................................................6
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Methods of test Determination of tensile properties
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