This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards.Guides and Remendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)Committee. Designation:E466-21 INTERNATIONAL Standard Practice for Conducting Force Controlled Constant Amplitude Axial Fatigue Tests of Metallic Materials1 This standard is issued under the fixed designation E466;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or in the case of revision the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A superscript epsilon (s)indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval. 1.Scope Development of International Standards Guides and Re- 1.1 This practice covers the procedure for the performance mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical of axial force controlled fatigue tests to obtain the fatigue Barriers to Trade (TBT)Committee. strength of metallic materials in the fatigue regime where the 2.Referenced Documents strains are predominately elastic both upon initial loading and throughout the test.This practice is limited to the fatigue 2.1 ASTM Standards:5 testing of axial unnotched and notched specimens subjected to E3 Guide for Preparation of Metallographic Specimens a constant amplitude periodic forcing function in air at room E467 Practice for Verification of Constant Amplitude Dy- temperature. namic Forces in an Axial Fatigue Testing System 1.2 The use of this test method is limited to specimens and E468 Practice for Presentation of Constant Amplitude Fa- tigue Test Results for Metallic Materials does not cover testing of full-scale ponents structures or E606/E606M Test Method for Strain-Controlled Fatigue consumer products. Testing 1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded E739 Practice ...