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EN 826Thermal insulating products for building applications - determination of compression behaviour
Compression strength, deformation, deformation after 10% of compression.
A compressive force is applied at a given rate of displacement perpendicular to the major faces of a squarely cut test specimen and the maximum stress supported by the specimen calculated.
In case of tapered products, the test specimens should be cut to obtain two parallel faces.
When the value of the maximum stress corresponds to a strain of less than 10 %, it is designated as compressive strength and the corresponding strain is reported. If no failure is observed before the 10 % strain has been reached, the compressive stress at 10 % strain is calculated and its value reported as compressive stress at 10 % strain.