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BS EN 15330-4:2022 Surfaces for sports areas. Synthetic turf and needle-punched surfaces primarily designed for outdoor use - Specification for shockpads used with synthetic turf, needle-punch and textile sports surfaces, 2023
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- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Laboratory conditions and specimen conditioning [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Test floor
- 4.2 Test environments
- 4.3 Procedure for test specimen conditioning [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1 Standard laboratory conditions
- 4.3.2 Procedure for wet tests
- 4.3.3 Procedure for accelerated air ageing
- 4.3.4 Procedure for tests at elevated (40 °C) temperature
- 4.3.5 Procedure for tests at sub-ambient (5 °C) temperature
- 4.3.6 Procedure for tests under freezing (−5 °C) conditions
- 4.3.7 Test positions
- 5 Load spreading plate
- 6 Performance requirements [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Shock absorption [Go to Page]
- 6.1.1 Test method
- 6.1.2 Damage occurring as a result of the tests
- 6.1.3 Tests undertaken at standard laboratory conditions (23 °C)
- 6.1.4 Tests on frozen test specimen
- 6.1.5 Consistency in performance
- 6.1.6 Classification of shock absorption
- 6.2 Vertical Deformation [Go to Page]
- 6.2.1 Test method
- 6.2.2 Requirements
- 6.2.3 Consistency in performance
- 6.3 Water permeability [Go to Page]
- 6.3.1 Vertical water infiltration
- 6.3.2 Horizontal drainage
- 6.4 Tensile properties [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1 General
- 6.4.2 Shockpads without slots, groves, or holes and that are less than 25 mm thick
- 6.4.3 Shockpads without slots, groves, or holes and that are equal to or greater than 25 mm thick
- 6.4.4 Shockpads with slots, groves, or holes, or with tangled filaments or net core
- 6.5 Determination of dimensional stability
- 6.6 Resistance to dynamic fatigue by repeated pounding
- 6.7 Resistance to permanent deformation after short-term loading
- 6.8 Resistance to Permanent Deformation after Static Loading
- 6.9 Thermal conductivity
- 7 Product properties [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Physical description
- 7.3 Thickness
- 7.4 Mass per unit area
- 8 Test report
- 9 Environmental and toxicological properties
- 10 Production and site quality control
- Annex A (normative)Test method for the determination of permanent deformation after short- term loading [Go to Page]
- A.1 Scope and field of application
- A.2 Apparatus [Go to Page]
- A.2.1 Test machine
- A.2.2 Supporting surface
- A.2.3 Compression plate
- A.3 Test pieces [Go to Page]
- A.3.1 Form and dimensions
- A.3.2 Number of test pieces
- A.4 Conditioning
- A.5 Procedure
- A.6 Expression of results
- A.7 Test report
- Annex B (normative)Test method for the determination of permanent deformation after static loading [Go to Page]
- B.1 Scope and field of application
- B.2 Apparatus [Go to Page]
- B.2.1 Test machine
- B.2.2 Supporting surface
- B.2.3 Compression plate
- B.3 Test pieces [Go to Page]
- B.3.1 Form and dimensions
- B.3.2 Number of test pieces
- B.4 Conditioning
- B.5 Procedure
- B.6 Expression of results
- B.7 Test report
- Annex C (informative)Using thermal conductivity and thermal resistance data to select shockpads for use in cold climates
- Annex D (informative)Environmental and toxicological properties [Go to Page]
- D.1 General
- D.2 Test methods [Go to Page]
- D.2.1 Specimen preparation
- D.2.2 Elution with water (24 h elution)
- D.2.3 Extraction with hexane to permit subsequent determination of organic halogen compounds (EOX) [Go to Page]
- D.2.3.1 General
- D.2.3.2 Soxhlet extraction
- D.2.3.3 Organically bound halogens in the residues of the soxhlet extraction
- D.2.3.4 Determination of dissolved organic compounds (dissolved organic carbon – DOC)
- D.2.3.5 Determination of heavy metal contents
- Annex E (informative)Production and site quality control [Go to Page]
- E.1 Shock absorption
- E.2 Vertical deformation
- E.3 Thickness
- E.4 Mass per unit area
- E.5 Shockpad strength [Go to Page]
- E.5.1 Prefabricated shockpads without slots, groves or holes and that are less than 25 mm thick
- E.5.2 Shockpads without slots, groves or holes and that are equal to 25 mm or more than thick
- E.5.3 Shockpads with slots, groves, or holes
- E.5.4 Water permeability [Go to Page]