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Designation:F1543–96

StandardSpecificationfor

ShockAttenuationPropertiesofFencingSurfaces1

ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1543;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.

Scope

Thisspecificationcoversshockabsorptionpropertiesoffencingsurfacesasmeasuredbyadroptest.Theminimumperformancestandardforshockabsorptionisdefined.Guide-linesforotherfeaturesandpropertiesoffencingsurfacesaredescribed.

ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.

Thisspecificationdoesnotpurporttoaddressallthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithfencingsurfacesandwillnotpreventallsurface-relatedinjuries.Itistheresponsi-bilityoftheuserofthesurfacestoestablishappropriatesafetyandhealthpractices,including,butnotlimitedto,footmove-ment,footwear(shoes),andtrainingpractices.Specificpre-cautionarystatementsaregiveninNotes4and5.

ReferencedDocuments

ASTMStandards:

E105PracticeforProbabilitySamplingofMaterials2

Terminology

DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:

acceleration(deceleration)—theinstantaneoustimerateofchangeofvelocity.Thisiseitherpositive(acceleration)ornegative(deceleration).

fencingsurface—theareaforperformingfencingbouts,competitions,oranyotherfencingexercises.Afencingsurface,usuallyreferredtoasthefencingstriporpiste,isdefinedintheU.S.FencingAssociation’s(USFA’s)rulebook.3Itmeasures1.8to2.0mwideby14mlong,oftenwithaddedwidthandlengthforrun-off,thatattheendsshouldbe1.5to2m.Thefencingsurfacemaybeanareaoutlinedbytapeorpaintonanexistingsurfaceoritmaybeaseparatestript