Connections with International
Standards Bodies and Other Organisations
VAMAS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with both ISO
and IEC under which these international standards development
organizations (SDO) have agreed to publish Technology Trends
Assessments (TTAs) based on the work of VAMAS to accelerate
the development of standards in advanced materials.
The first ISO/VAMAS TTA, United Classification System for
Advanced Technical Ceramics (1994), produced by TWA14, proposed
a comprehensive classification scheme for advanced ceramics.
It has largely been adopted by CEN in DD ENV12212 and also
published as ASTM C1286-94. It has been adopted by ISO TC
206: Fine Ceramics as ISO 15165, Classification System for
Fine Ceramics.
The second ISO/VAMAS TTA, Tensile Tests for Discontinuously
Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites at Ambient Temperatures
(1997), based on the work of TWA15, recommends test procedures
for tensile strength and stiffness of this important class
of materials where there is significant interest, for example,
in the automotive sector, and it will form the basis of
a submission for standardization.
The third ISO/VAMAS TTA publication, Measurement of Residual
Stress by Newton Diffraction (2001), is based on the work
of TWA20 and was supported in part by a European (EU) project
- RESTAND (Residual Stress Standard using Neutron Diffraction).
At present, there are no standards or codes of practice
available for measuring residual stresses by neutron diffraction.
The first TTA issued under the VAMAS/IEC agreement, Critical
Current Measurement Method for Nb3SN Multifilamentary Composite
Superconductors, is based on the work of TWA6 (now TWA16).
There are a number of close liaisons between VAMAS TWAs
and standards development committees and in a number of
cases VAMAS TWA participants are also members of the appropriate
committees, thus ensuring the relevance of VAMAS activities
to standardization requirements. Work undertaken within
VAMAS TWAs has contributed directly to the setting up of
ISO Technical Committees TC201 on Surface Chemical Analysis
and TC206 on Fine Ceramics.
VAMAS contributions have been instrumental in the development
of a number of standards. Based on information gathered
from the TWA Annual Reports, the TWA workshop presentations,
and SDO web sites, the Secretariat has compiled an initial
inventory of draft standards, revised standards, new standards,
standard reference materials, and Technology Trends Assessment
documents developed all or in-part based on technical contributions
from VAMAS TWAs. Currently, VAMAS has contributed to over
60 standards at various stages of development, including:
30 ISO standards, 8 IEC standards, 11 CEN standards, 2 CENELEC
Standards, 9 ASTM standards, 3 JISC standards, and 3 BSI
standards. In addition, there have been three Standard Reference
Materials developed or under development and four Technology
Trends Assessment reports published. This
list of standards, revised standards, new standards, standard
reference materials and Technology Trends Assessment publications
is now available.
VAMAS opened informal links with the International Centre
for Materials Evaluation Technology ICMET, set up under
the UNIDO program in the area of materials, in cooperation
with the Korean Research Institute of Standards and Science
(KRISS). The Centre includes membership from India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Peoples Republic of China, the Republic of
Korea and Thailand. Members of ICMET participate in appropriate
VAMAS projects.
ICMET contacts:
:
UNIDO
Dr Vladimir Kojarnovitch
Tel: +43 1 21131 3720/4822
Fax: +43 1 21131 6809/6805
e-mail: vkojarnovitch@unido.org
KRISS
Dr Gun-Woong Bahng
Tel: +82 42 868 5320
Fax: +82 42 868 5027
e-mail: gwbahng@krissol.kriss.re.kr
Website: http://krissol.kriss.re.kr/oic/Icmet.htm
