Designation:F2333−04(Reapproved2011)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardTestMethodforTractionCharacteristicsoftheAthleticShoe–SportsSurfaceInterface1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2333;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversspecificationsfortheperfor-manceofsportsshoe-surfacetractionmeasuringdevices,butdoesnotrequireaspecificdeviceormechanismtobeused.Figs.1and2showschematicdiagramsofgenericapparatus.1.2Thistestmethodisappropriateformeasuringtheeffectsofathleticshoeoutsoledesignandmaterialsontractionattheshoe-surfaceinterface.1.3Thistestmethodisappropriateformeasuringtheeffectsofsportsurfacedesignandmaterialsontractionattheshoe-surfaceinterface.1.4Thistestmethodspecifiestestproceduresthatareappropriateforbothfieldandlaboratorytesting.1.5Tractioncharacteristicsmeasuredbythistestmethodencompassfrictionforcesdevelopedbetweenshoeoutsolesandplayingsurfaces.1.6Tractioncharacteristicsmeasuredbythistestmethodencompasstractionachievedbypenetrationofcleatsorstudsintoplayingsurfaces.1.7Thistestmethodspecifiestestproceduresforthemea-surementoftractionduringlineartranslationalmotionandrotationalmotion,butnotsimultaneouscombinationsoflinearandtranslationalmotion.1.8Theloadsandloadratesspecifiedinthistestmethodarespecifictosportsactivities.Thetestmethodisnotintendedformeasurementofslipresistanceortractionofpedestrianfoot-wear.1.9Testresultsobtainedbythismethodshallbequalifiedbythecharacteristicsofthespecimen.1.9.1Comparativetestsofsurfacesshallbequalifiedbythecharacteristicsoftheshoesusedtotestthesurfaces,includingthecushioning,outsolematerial,andsoledesign.1.9.2Comparativetestsofshoesshallbequalifiedbythepertinentcharacteristicsofthesurfacesonwhichshoesaretested,includingthesurfacetype,material,condition,andtemperature.1...
