Committees responsible for this British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted to Technical Committee B/507, Paving units and kerbs, upon which the following bodies were represented:

Brick Development Association

British Cement Association

British Ceramic Research Ltd.

British Precast Concrete Federation Ltd.

Concrete Society

County Surveyors’ Society

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

(Highways Agency)

Institution of Civil Engineers

Interlay (Association of Block Paving)

Interpave (Concrete Block Paving Association)

Landscape Institute

Society of Chemical Industry

Stone Federation

Transport Research Laboratory

The following bodies were also represented in the drafting of the standard, through Subcommittee B/507/4, Slip/skid resistance testing:

Construction Confederation

Consumer Policy Committee of BSI

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

(Building Research Establishment)

RAPRA Technology Ltd.

First published September 1998

The following BSI references relate to work on this British Standard Committee reference B/507 Draft for comment 00/107873 DC

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy Committee on 28 March 2003

Foreword

This British Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee B/507.

It supersedes BS 7932:1998 which is withdrawn.

In this revision of BS 7932 the size of the test specimen, the width of the rubber slider and the swept length have all been increased.

This British Standard calls for the use of substances and/or procedures that may be injurious to health if adequate precautions are not taken. It refers only to technical suitability and does not absolve the user from legal obligations relating to health and safety at any stage.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii, pages 1 to 9 and a back cover.

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1 Scope

This British Standard describes a test method for determining the unpolished and the polished pendulum test value of surfacing units for pedestrian or traffic purposes, using a flat-bed polishing machine in conjunction with pendulum test equipment.

NOTE The pendulum test values obtained by this test method are used by manufacturers to determine the slip/skid resistance of the surfacing units.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Principle

5 Apparatus

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

6 Sampling and preparation of test specimens

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.5

7 Accelerated polishing

7.1 Procedure

7.2 Validation of the accelerated polishing procedure

8 Pendulum test

8.1 Validation and calibration of the pendulum test equipment

8.2 Pendulum test procedure

9 Test report

Bibliography

BS 7932:2003

Determination of the unpolished and polished pendulum test value of surfacing units

Current

Published:

28 Mar 2003