Designation:D5687/D5687M−20StandardGuideforPreparationofFlatCompositePanelswithProcessingGuidelinesforSpecimenPreparation1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5687/D5687M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguideprovidesguidelinestofacilitatetheproperpreparationoflaminatesandtestspecimensfromfiber-reinforcedorganicmatrixcompositeprepregs.Thescopeislimitedtoorganicmatricesandfiberreinforcementinunidi-rectional(tape)ororthagonalweavepatterns.Otherformsmayrequiredeviationsfromthesegeneralguidelines.Otherpro-cessingtechniquesfortestcouponpreparation,forexample,pultrusion,filamentwindingandresin-transfermolding,arenotaddressed.1.2Specimenpreparationismodeledasan8-stepprocessthatispresentedinFig.1andSection8.Laminateconsolida-tiontechniquesareassumedtobebypressorautoclave.Thispracticeassumesthatthematerialsareproperlyhandledbythetestfacilitytomeettherequirementsspecifiedbythematerialsupplier(s)orspecification,orboth.Propertestspecimenidentificationalsoincludesdesignationofprocessequipment,processsteps,andanyirregularitiesidentifiedduringprocess-ing.1.3Units—ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemarenotnecessarilyexactequiva-lents;therefore,toensureconformancewiththestandard,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother,andvaluesfromthetwosystemsshallnotbecombined.1.3.1Withinthetext,theinch-poundunitsareshowninbrackets.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesanddeter-minetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.1.5Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciple...
