9. Calculation 9.

1 Calculate the tensile strength as follows:

St 5 2000 P ptD ~kPa! or St 5 2P/ptD ~psi! (1)

where: St 5 tensile strength, kPa (psi) P 5 maximum load, N (lbf) t 5 specimen height immediately before tensile test, mm (in.), and D 5 specimen diameter, mm (in.). 9.2 Calculate the tensile strength ratio as follows:
TSR 5 ~Stm/Std!100 (2)

where: TSR 5 tensile strength ratio, % Stm 5 average tensile strength of the moistureconditioned subset, kPa (psi), and 5 average tensile strength of the dry subset, kPa (psi). Std