SN EN 12291 : 2003

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
   5.1 Test machine
   5.2 Load train
   5.3 Set-up for heating
   5.4 Extensometer
       5.4.1 General
       5.4.2 Mechanical extensometer
       5.4.3 Electro-optical extensometer
   5.5 Temperature measurement
   5.6 Data recording system
   5.7 Micrometers
6 Test specimens
   6.1 General
   6.2 Compression between platens
   6.3 Test specimen used with grips
7 Test specimen preparation
   7.1 Machining and preparation
   7.2 Number of test specimens
8 Test procedures
   8.1 Test set-up: temperature considerations
       8.1.1 General
       8.1.2 Controlled temperature zone
       8.1.3 Temperature calibration
   8.2 Test set-up: other considerations
       8.2.1 Displacement rate
       8.2.2 Measurement of test specimens dimensions
       8.2.3 Buckling
   8.3 Testing technique
       8.3.1 Specimen mounting
       8.3.2 Setting of extensometer
       8.3.3 Heating of test specimen
       8.3.4 Measurements
   8.4 Test validity
9 Calculation of results
   9.1 Test specimen origin
   9.2 Compression strength
   9.3 Strain at maximum compression force
   9.4 Proportionality ratio or pseudo-elastic modulus, elastic
       modulus
10 Test report
Annex A (normative) Buckling: How to proceed when buckling is
                    suspected
Bibliography