UNIVERSITY OF KYRENIA

FACULTY OF AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS

DEPARTMENT OF
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
IN
PAITIAL FULFILMENT OF THE COURSE
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (AAE102)
BY
OKWUDILI DAVID EZE
K20140185

DATE: 3/23/2015
COURSE INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. SULEYMAN TOLUN

American Society for

Testing and
Materials(ASTM)

ASTM International

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR

TESTING AND MATERIALS(ASTM)
CONTENTS

FORMATION/HISTORY.
STARDANDS.
MEMBERSHIP/ORGANISATION.
STANDARDS COMPLIANCE.
STUDENTS MEMBERSHIP.
BENEFITS.
REFRENCES

FORMATION
ASTM International, known until 2001 as the American Society
for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is an international standards
organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus
technical standards for a wide range of materials, products,
systems, and services. The organization's headquarters is
in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, about 5 mile of
Philadelphia. ASTM, founded in 1898 as the American Section of
the International Association for Testing and Materials,
predates other standards organizations such as:
BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION (BSI founded 1901),
DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FR NORMUNG(DIN; in English,
the German Institute for Standardization)(DIN founded 1917),
AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI founded
918) and
ASSOCIATION FRANAISE DE NORMALISATION (AFNOR
founded 1926).

HISTORY
A group of scientists and engineers, led by Charles Benjamin
Dudley formed the American Society for Testing and Materials in
1898 to address the frequent rail breaks affecting the fastgrowing railroad industry. The group developed a standard for the
steel used to fabricate rails. In 2001, ASTM changed its name to
ASTM International. for over a century, government, industry,
academia, and consumers have turned to ASTM International for
the development of global standards. ASTM standards are
voluntary consensus documents that guide in research, design,
manufacturing, marketing and trade. They are accepted and used
around the world. Technical experts who are the members of
ASTM International develop ASTM International standards.
Membership in ASTM International is open to all who have an
interest in the standards affecting business and industry solutions.

STANDARDS
The standards produced by ASTM International fall into six categories:
the Standard Specification, that defines the requirements to be
satisfied by subject of the standard.
the Standard Test Method, that defines the way a test is performed
and the precision of the result. The result of the test may be used to
assess compliance with a Standard Specification.
the Standard Practice, that defines a sequence of operations that,
unlike a Standard Test Method, does not produce a result.
the Standard Guide, that provides an organized collection of
information or series of options that does not recommend a specific
course of action.
the Standard Classification, that provides an arrangement or division
of materials, products, systems, or services into groups based on
similar characteristics such as origin, composition, properties, or use.
the Terminology Standard, that provides agreed definitions of terms
used in the other standards.
The quality of the standards is such that they are frequently used
worldwide

MEMBERSHIP AND
ORGANIZATION
Membership in the organization is open to anyone with an
interest in its activities.Standards are developed within
committees, and new committees are formed as needed, upon
request of interested members. Membership in most
committees isvoluntaryand is initiated by the member's own
request, not by appointment nor by invitation. Members are
classified as users, producers, consumers, and "general
interest". The latter include academics and consultants. Users
include industry users, who may be producers in the context of
other technical committees, and end-users such as consumers.
In order to meet the requirements ofanti-trustlaws,
producers must constitute less than 50% of every committee
or subcommittee, and votes are limited to one per producer
company. Because of these restrictions, there can be a
substantial waiting-list of producers seeking organizational
memberships on the more popular committees. Members can,
however, participate without a formal vote and their input will
be fully considered.
As of 2014, ASTM has more than 30,000 members, including
over 1,150 organizational members, from more than 150

STANDARDS COMPLIANCE
ASTM International has no role in requiring or enforcing compliance with
its standards. The standards, however, may become mandatory when
referenced by an external contract, corporation, or government.
In the United States, ASTM standards have been adopted, by
incorporation or by reference, in many federal, state, and municipal
government regulations. The National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act, passed in 1995, requires the federal government to use
privately developed consensus standards whenever possible. The Act
reflects what had long been recommended as best practice within the
federal government.
Other governments (local and worldwide) also have referenced ASTM
standards.
Corporations doing international business may choose to reference an
ASTM standard.
All toys sold in the United States must meet the safety requirements of
ASTM F963, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety, as
part of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA).
The law makes the ASTM F963 standard a mandatory requirement for toys
while the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) studies the
standard's effectiveness and issues final consumer guidelines for toy safety

LIST OFASTM INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

ASTM A1:
Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Rails
ASTM A36:
Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
ASTM A53:
Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped,
Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
ASTM A105:
Standard Specification for Forgings, Carbon Steel for Piping
Components
B1-01:
Standard Specification for Hard-Drawn Copper Wire
B2-08:
Standard Specification for Medium-Hard-Drawn Copper Wire
B3-01(2007):
Standard Specification for Soft or Annealed Copper Wire
ASTM C 9:
Cement Standards and Concrete Standards
ASTM C 91-05:
Standard Specification for Masonry Cement
ASTM C 150:
Standard Specification for Portland Cement
ASTM D1708:
Tensile Strength
ASTM D256:
Impact Strength
ASTM D543:
Chemical Resistance
ASTM D570:
Water Absorption
ASTM D2240:
Hardness
ASTM E779:
Standard Test Method for Determining Air Leakage Rate by Fan
Pressurization
ASTM E1417:
Standard Practice for Liquid Penetrant Testing
ASTM E1444:
Standard Practice for Magnetic Particle Testing
ASTM F 963:
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
ASTM F3060-14:

G16:
G4:
Applications.

Standard Terminology for Aircraft

Standard Guide for Corrosion-Related Failure Analysis

Standard Guide for Conducting Corrosion Tests in Field

BENEFITS OF ASTM TO STUDENTS

(STUDENT MEMBERSHIP)
It enhances students skills and gains an edge before entering todays
competitive technical and business environment.
Offers students new doors to exciting, new learning and firsthand
information, gain in knowledge, personal contacts, and exposure that will
enhance students skills and play an invaluable role in jumpstarting
students career.
Student members receives a bimonthly electronic transmission of
Standardization News (SN), official magazine, ASTM e-news, monthly
electronic newsletters that features the latest happenings at ASTM
International, including technical committee news, publications,
meetings, symposia etc.
Students will be able to attend ASTM International Symposia free of
charge, where youll learn about original research in the field of
standardization, and participate in informal discussions with technical
experts and business leaders.
Reduced Membership Fee Upon Graduation(a reduced fee of US$25 for the
first year of professional membership in ASTM International.)
Students will eligible to participate in contests, scholarship opportunities,
and ASTM sponsored awards.
And also, students members learn how standards are developed and used.

NOTES AND
REFERENCES
http://www.astm.org/search/fullsitese
arch.html?query=aeronautics&
http://www.astm.org/studentmember/
For_Students.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASTM_Int
ernational
http://www.astm.org/ABOUT/history_
book.html
http://www.astm.org/MEMBERSHIP

THANKS
FOR YOUR
KIND
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