<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="ncc-clause" ?><clause id="_01970f4e-35e1-4b15-8dc3-19800e1733ae" outputclass="ncc-clause"><meta><facet building="Class 1a"/><facet building="Class 1b"/><facet building="Class 10a"/><facet building="Class 10b"/><facet building="Class 10c"/></meta><sptc>S6C10</sptc><title id="_2a13e7f3-2087-496f-bb0f-fc3dfed17c80">Test methods</title><archive-num>2019: Spec C1.8: 5</archive-num><subclause id="_235b6480-8604-414e-9949-4ec181ac00fc" outputclass="subclause"><title id="_ac3ea966-14e1-4e09-b431-499c58e55534">SubClause</title><num>1</num><p>Tests must be carried out in accordance with the following:</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_3615e515-17c1-44f1-945e-e11b36bfffb4">Material tests — The methods specified for the constituent materials of the construction of the standards adopted by reference in the NCC.</li><li id="_3bf5917b-ffe6-42c4-b148-fee4767069de">For resistance to static pressure — The provisions for testing walls under transverse load in ASTM E72-15, except that—<ol><li>support conditions must be as specified in <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/447_0.7.0.xml#_f6b74686-46fc-4839-b7b8-083ab75a9116" id="_90aee0d7-594a-46a5-b2a5-7f3e8d4d532a" scope="local" type="clause">S6C9</xref>; and</li><li>equivalent load shall mean the quarter-point load that produces the same deflection or central moment as appropriate; and</li><li>the timber species nominated in that standard may be substituted with a different species.</li></ol></li><li id="_66777523-e17b-445d-884b-77554c05776c">For resistance to impact — The provisions for testing wall systems in ASTM E695-03, except that—<ol><li>the point of impact must be set 1.5 m above finished floor level or 1.5 m above the part of the specimen that corresponds to finished floor level; and</li><li>the impact bag must be not less than 225 mm in diameter and not more than 260 mm in diameter and have a mass of not less than 27.2 kg or more than 27.3 kg; and</li><li>the mass must be achieved by putting loose, dry sand into the bag and must be adjusted before each series of impact tests; and</li><li>where the impact bag and suspension cannot be vertical at the instant of impact on a curved surface or an inclined surface, the height of drop is the net height at the point of impact.</li></ol></li><li id="_463b8d76-9582-4afd-b3f3-16ccd2e24a9e">For resistance to surface indentation — The test for resistance to surface indentation must be carried out at three points on the surface of an undamaged sample sheet as follows:<ol><li>A steel ball of 10 mm diameter with a load of 150 N must be placed gently on the surface of the sheet and allowed to remain in position for 5 minutes.</li><li>The ball and load must then be removed and the diameter of each impression of the ball on the surface measured.</li></ol></li><li id="_48e3ef3d-be73-49ab-9975-9001883292a4">For resistance of lift shaft construction to repetitive load — As for (b) except that—<ol><li>it is sufficient to test one specimen with the pressure applied from the side of the construction on which the lift will operate; and</li><li>the load must be applied dynamically at a frequency not less than 1 Hz and not more than 3 Hz; and</li><li>equivalent load shall mean the quarter-point load that produces the same central moment as the distributed load.</li></ol></li></ol></subclause></clause>