Professor James has prior experience in testing similar materials, with fixtures, and test procedures directly available for the purpose. The epoxy materials come from three different suppliers, and include one chock material and one foundation grout from each. Each supplier prepared cylindrical test specimens, according to specific directions, designed to match the available fixtures and procedures, and to yield general purpose data for use in engineering compressor mounts and foundation grout layers. Graphical data for all materials illustrates this with universal curves applicable to a service temperature of 110 F. Additional tabular information covers service temperatures which range from 70 to 150 F. For a specific geometry of chock or grout layer, the report incorporates compliance in a relationship for deflection under load. The report provides charts and equations for calculating this deflection.
Worked examples illustrate application of the data for each material.
The procedures and worked examples account for the effects of material nonlinearity and chock shape, and include a method to account for variance in the test data.