Name: UNI CEN/TS 15963 : 2014
Brand: UNI

Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the breaking strength temperature by bending test on three points of a notched specimen

Published date

10-07-2014

Publisher

Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
6 Preparation of test samples
7 Procedure to determine the Fracture Toughness
temperature T[FT]
8 Calculation
9 Expression of results
10 Precision
11 Test report
Annex A (informative) - Calculation of Critical Stress
Intensity factor
Bibliography

This technical specification is the official English language version of the European technical specification CEN / TS 15963 (April 2014 edition).

DocumentType	Technical Specification
PublisherName	Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)
Status	Current
Supersedes	UNI CEN/TS 15963 : 2010

Standards	Relationship
CEN/TS 15963:2014	Identical

ASTM D 5045 : 2014 : REDLINE	Standard Test Methods for Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness and Strain Energy Release Rate of Plastic Materials
ASTM E 616 : 1989	Terminology Relating to Fracture Testing (Withdrawn 1996)
EN 58:2012	Bitumen and bituminous binders - Sampling bituminous binders
EN 12594:2014 (edition 2)	Bitumen and bituminous binders - Preparation of test samples