1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 General and guidance
4 Optical cable tests
5 Method E1: Tensile performance
6 Method E2: Abrasion
7 Method E3: Crush
8 Method E4: Impact
9 Method E5A: Stripping force stability of cabled
   optical fibres
10 Method E6: Repeated bending
11 Method E7: Torsion
12 Method E8: Flexing
13 Method E10: Kink
14 Method E11: Bend
15 Method E12: Cut-through resistance (Deleted)
16 Method E13: Shotgun damage
17 Method E14: Compound flow (drip)
18 Method E15: Bleeding and evaporation
19 Method E17: Stiffness
20 Method E18A: Bending under tension
21 Method E18B: Sheave test
22 Method E19: Aeolian vibration
23 Method E20: Cable coiling performance
24 Method E21 - Sheath pull-off force for optical fibre
   cable for use in patch cords
25 Method E22 - Buffered fibre movement under
   compression in optical fibre cables for use
   in patch cords
26 Method E23 - Microduct route verification test
27 Method E24 - Installation test for microduct cables
28 Method E25 - Rip cord functional test
29 Method E25 - Galloping
30 Method F1: Temperature cycling
31 Method F3: Sheath integrity (Test deleted)
32 Method F5: Water penetration
33 Method F7: Nuclear radiation
34 Method F8: Pneumatic resistance
35 Method F9: Ageing
36 Method F10: Underwater cable resistance to hydrostatic
   pressure
37 Method F11 - Sheath shrinkage (patch cords)
38 Method F12 - Temperature cycling of patch cords
39 Method F13 - Microduct Pressure-Withstand
40 NEW Environmental tests
41 Method G1: Bend test for cable elements
42 Method G2: Ribbon dimensions and geometry - Visual
   method
43 Method G3: Ribbon dimensions - Aperture gauge
44 Method G4: Ribbon dimensions - Dial gauge (Test deleted)
45 Method G5: Ribbon tear (separability)
46 Method G6: Ribbon torsion
47 Method G7: Tube kinking
48 NEW Ribbon tests
49 Method H1: Short circuit test (for OPGW and OPAC)
50 Method H2: Lightning test method for optical aerial cables
   along electric power lines (OPGW and OPAC)
51 NEW Electrical tests
52 NEW Test subjects