Designation:D5026−15StandardTestMethodforPlastics:DynamicMechanicalProperties:InTension1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5026;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodoutlinestheuseofdynamicmechanicalinstrumentationforgatheringandreportingtheviscoelasticpropertiesofthermoplasticandthermosettingresinsandcom-positesystemsintheformofrectangularspecimensmoldeddirectlyorcutfromsheets,plates,ormoldedshapes.Thetensiledatageneratedmaybeusedtoidentifythethermome-chanicalpropertiesofaplasticmaterialorcompositionusingavarietyofdynamicmechanicalinstruments.1.2Thistestmethodisintendedtoprovideameansfordeterminingviscoelasticpropertiesofawidevarietyofplasticmaterialsusingnonresonantforced-vibrationtechniques,inaccordancewithPracticeD4065.Plotsoftheelastic(storage)modulus;loss(viscous)modulus;complexmodulusandtandeltaasafunctionoffrequency,time,ortemperatureareindicativeofsignificanttransitionsinthethermomechanicalperformanceofthepolymericmaterialsystem.1.3Thistestmethodisvalidforawiderangeoffrequencies,typicallyfrom0.01to100Hz.1.4Apparentdiscrepanciesmayariseinresultsobtainedunderdifferingexperimentalconditions.Theseapparentdiffer-encesfromresultsobservedinanotherstudycanusuallybereconciled,withoutchangingtheobserveddata,byreportinginfull(asdescribedinthistestmethod)theconditionsunderwhichthedatawereobtained.1.5Duetopossibleinstrumentationcompliance,thedatageneratedareintendedtoindicaterelativeandnotnecessarilyabsolutepropertyvalues.1.6Testdataobtainedbythistestmethodarerelevantandappropriateforuseinengineeringdesign.1.7ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.1.8Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoft...
