ASTM D4341-03 PDF

Scope: 1.1 This test method covers the creep behavior of intact cylindrical hard rock core specimens in uniaxial compression. It specifies the apparatus, instrumentation, and procedures for determining the strain as a function of time under sustained load. Hard rocks are those with maximum strain at failure of less than 2 %. NOTE 1—Most hard brittle rocks fail in uniaxial compression at strain levels of less than 2 %. 1.2 All observed and calculated values shall conform to the guidelines for significant digits and rounding established in Practice D 6026. 1.2.1 The method used to specify how data are collected, calculated, or recorded in this standard is not directly related to the accuracy to which the data can be applied in design or other uses, or both. How one applies the results obtained using this standard is beyond its scope. 1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

ASTM D4341-03 Referenced Document

ASTM D2113 Standard Practice for Rock Core Drilling and Sampling of Rock for Site Investigation
ASTM D2216 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass
ASTM D3740 Standard Practice for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Engaged in the Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock as Used in Engineering Design and Construction
ASTM D4543 Standard Practices for Preparing Rock Core Specimens and Determining Dimensional and Shape Tolerances
ASTM D5079 Standard Practices for Preserving and Transporting Rock Core Samples
ASTM D6026 Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Geotechnical Data
ASTM D653 Standard Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock, and Contained Fluids
ASTM E4 Standard Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines

2003 ASTM D4341-03 Standard Test Method for Creep of Cylindrical Hard Rock Core Specimens in Uniaxial Compression
1993 ASTM D4341-93(1998) Standard Test Method for Creep of Cylindrical Hard Rock Core Specimens in Uniaxial Compression