Designation:D1596−14StandardTestMethodforDynamicShockCushioningCharacteristicsofPackagingMaterial1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD1596;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversaprocedureforobtainingdynamicshockcushioningcharacteristicsofpackagingmate-rialsthroughacceleration-timedataachievedfromdroppingafallingguidedplatenassemblyontoamotionlesssample.Thistestmethoddoesnotaddressanyeffectsorcontributionsofexteriorpackagingassemblies.1.2Thedataacquiredmaybeusedforasinglepointorforuseindevelopingadynamiccushioncurveforthespecificmaterialbeingtested.Suchdatamaybeusedforcomparisonamongdifferentmaterialsatspecificinputconditions,orqualifyingmaterialsagainstperformancespecifications.Cau-tionshouldbeusedwhenattemptingtocomparedatafromdifferentmethodsorwhenusingsuchdataforpredictingin-packageperformance.Dependingupontheparticularmate-rialsofconcern,correlationofsuchdata(fromamongdifferingproceduresorforpredictingin–packageperformance)maybehighlyvariable.NOTE1—AlternativeandrelatedmethodforpossibleconsiderationisTestMethodD4168.1.3Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.TheSIunitsgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyproblems,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D996TerminologyofPackagingandDistributionEnviron-mentsD4168TestMethodsforTransmittedShockCharacteristicsofFoam-in-PlaceCushioningMaterialsD4332PracticeforConditioningContainers,Packages,orPackagingComponentsforTestingE105PracticeforP...
