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Journals, Technical Publications, Manuals, and Monographs
From the American Society for Testing and Materials
The comprehensive library of ASTM – over 430,000 pages of technical entries – is now available through a convenient and searchable IHS online subscription
Automotive Journal Compilation
The complexity of the automobile – a close-nested assembly of systems, each with a complex functionality of its own -- is even more greatly complicated with the wide varieties of makes and models, using yesterday and today’s technologies. For those who cannot remember everything, now there is the ASTM Automotive journal compilation from IHS.
This new online subscription from IHS selects the most relevant articles from ASTM International’s past and present stock of over 430,000 pages of technical material to bring you the most comprehensive technical research library right to your desktop.
ASTM International is one of the most respected publishers of technical and scientific studies in the world, providing the vital dialogue between engineers, designers, and applied scientists that fuels the innovation of new technologies, methods, and processes. Known for their high technical quality and market relevancy, ASTM technical documents are the most widely used and trusted means to automotive industry knowledge, from the physics of combustion to the durability of paint finishes.
Research into professional work performed by peers is a critical step in formulating new solutions to technical problems. With accounts of fully reproducible experiments and inventions close at hand, engineers save valuable project time. Impractical or more costly options of a technical problem can be ruled out, and new approaches and materials considered for improved manufacturing processes or more competitive products. An IHS subscription to technical library materials not only supports ingenuity, but also serves as easy reference of unfamiliar systems, materials, or standard procedures.
With IHS document delivery, thorough research can be conducted in a few seconds by a keyword search through ASTM’s 100-year history of Special Technical Publications (STP's), compilations, manuals, monographs, journals, data series, adjuncts, reference radiographs, and handbooks. Faster background research translates into less delay of engineering work, and provides for prompt and well-informed technical decision-making.
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ASTM’s manual and monograms educate and re-educate engineers and system designers within their discipline’s specialty. Manuals provide a primer for unfamiliar topics, or thorough and applicable guidelines for methods and processes that have faded from memory. ASTM monograms go further, explaining a wide range of advanced automotive topics with rich illustrative detail.
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ASTM Collections:
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IHS and ASTM
IHS is a leading distributor of ASTM standards. The Annual ASTM Book of Standards, available from IHS, contains over 70 volumes and more than 11,000 ASTM standards, including new and revised standards.
ASTM is in the process of developing homeland security standards, focusing on borders, ports and transportation systems; national emergency preparation and response; and critical infrastructure protection.
Many individual ASTM standards have been adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and are suitable for government and military contracts.
ASTM Redlines
Available through the IHS Specs & Standards Service, ASTM Redlines are PDF documents that provide change marks to compare the addition, deletion or other changes between an active ASTM standard and the prior version. More than 4,200 ASTM Redlines are available with new revisions recorded daily. ASTM standards with Redlines include ASTM A1, ASTM A3, ASTM A6/A6M REV A, ASTM A31, ASTM A34/A34M, and ASTM A36/A36M. For additional information, call 800-716-3447 (USA/Canada) or +1-303-397-2896 (worldwide).
Historical ASTM Standards
IHS maintains a full collection of historical ASTM standards.
Selected ASTM Standards Categories Available From IHS
Water and Environmental Technology - Standards for waste management, hazardous substances and oil spill responses, biological effects and environmental fate, pesticides, atmospheric analysis, occupational health and safety, protective clothing, etc.
Computer Systems - Standards for rapid prototyping of computerized systems; documentation of clinical laboratory computer systems; evaluating computerized data acquisition systems used to acquire data from universal testing machines; object-oriented model for registration, admitting, discharge and transfer (RADT) functions in computer-based patient record systems; evaluating computerized data acquisition systems used to acquire data from universal testing machines; computerized chemical data standards; databases, data interchange and information systems; etc.
Medical Devices - Standards for emergency medical services and search-and-rescue; test method to determine efficacy of disinfection processes for reusable medical devices; wrought nickel-titanium shape memory alloys; test method for magnetically induced torque on medical devices in the magnetic resonance environment; standard practice for security checkpoint metal detector screening of persons with medical devices; etc.
Homeland Security - ASTM's Committee E54 on Homeland Security has established several subcommittees to develop standards for the following homeland security segments: chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE) sensors and detectors; emergency preparedness, training and procedures; decontamination; personal protective equipment (PPE); building and infrastructure protection; security controls; threat and vulnerability assessment; strategic planning; etc.
DoD Adopted Standards - Over 2,500 active ASTM standards are U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) adopted and recognized. These standards and specifications address carbon structural steel; rolled structural steel bars, plates, shapes and sheet piling; steel plates for pressure vessels; gray iron castings; cast iron soil pipe and fittings; ferromanganese; carbon steel forgings for piping applications; structural steel for ships; electric-fusion, arc-welded steel pipe; zinc coating (hot-dip) on iron and steel hardware; high-strength, low-alloy structural steel; stainless-steel bars and shapes; zinc-coated (galvanized), low-carbon steel armor wire; high-hardenability antifriction bearing steel; etc.