Engineering Standards Permanent Reserve

ASTM Compass

• We now have access to all ASTM standards through ASTM Compass. (More info).

Personal Eye and Face Protection [COVID-19]

• ANSI/ISEA Z87.1-2015: American National Standard for Occupational and Educational Personal Eye and Face Protection Devices, 2015
• Free COVID-19 Standards and Handbooks from CSA Group - CSA (Canadian Standards Association) offering free "view-only access" to COVID-19-related standards and handbooks. Account creation required. 

Robotics

• ISO/DIS 10218-1:2020 [DRAFT of 3rd version, Feb 2020] Robots and robotic devices — Safety requirements for industrial robots —Part 1: Robots
• BS ISO 10218-1:2011 Robots and robotic devices — Safety requirements for industrial robots —Part 1: Robots (incorporating corrigendum April 2014)
• BS ISO 10218-2:2011 Robots and robotic devices — Safety requirements for industrial robots —Part 2: Robot systems and integration
• BS ISO 13482:2014 Robots and robotic devices - Safety requirements for personal care robots
• BS PD ISO/TS 15066:2016 Robots and robotic devices — Collaborative robots

Materials Science

• We now have access to every ASTM Standard through ASTM Compass. The following links (to standards on the MADCAD platform) will soon stop working as these can now be accessed on ASTM Compass.
• ASTM D3039 / D3039M - 17 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
• ASTM D412-16(2021) Standard Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers—Tension
• ASTM D4762 - 23 Standard Guide for Testing Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
• ASTM D638 - 22 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
• ASTM D695 - 23 Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics
• ASTM D790 - 17 Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
• ASTM E1354 - 24 Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter
• ASTM E162 - 24 Standard Test Method for Surface Flammability of Materials Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source
• ASTM E23 - 24 Standard Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials
• ATSM E595 - 15(2021) Standard Test Method for Total Mass Loss and Collected Volatile Condensable Materials from Outgassing in a Vacuum Environment
• ASTM E662 - 21ae1 Standard Test Method for Specific Optical Density of Smoke Generated by Solid Materials
• ASTM E84 - 24 Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials
• ASTM G154-23 Standard Practice for Operating Fluorescent Ultraviolet (UV) Lamp Apparatus for Exposure of Materials
• ASTM G76-18 Standard Test Method for Conducting Erosion Tests by Solid Particle Impingement Using Gas Jets

Electrical Code

• CSA C22.1-24 [must be opened in Adobe Reader] Canadian Electrical Code Part 1: Safety Standards for Electrical Installations. 2024 (26th ed), published by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group)
• CSA C22.1HB:24 [must be opened in Adobe Reader] Canadian Electrical Code Handbook: An Explanation of the Rules of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I (2024), published by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group)
• CSA C22.1-15 [superseded but more accessible] Canadian Electrical Code Part 1: Safety Standards for Electrical Installations. 2015 (23rd ed), published by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group)

Biomasses and Biofuels

• We now have access to every ASTM Standard through ASTM Compass. The following links (to standards on the MADCAD platform) will soon stop working as these can now be accessed on ASTM Compass.
• ASTM E1755-01(2020) Standard Test Method for Ash in Biomass
• ASTM E871-24 Standard Test Method for Moisture Analysis of Particulate Wood Fuels
• ASTM E872-24 Standard Test Method for Volatile Matter in the Analysis of Particulate Wood Fuels

General Design

• ANSI/ASME Y14.24-2020 Types and Applications of Engineering Drawings
• ANSI/ASME Y14.36-2008 (R2018) Surface Texture Symbols
• ASME Y14.100-2017 Engineering Drawing Practices
• ASME Y14.35-2014 Engineering Drawings and Associated Documents
• ASME Y14.46-2022 Product Definition for Additive Manufacturing
• ASME Y14.5-2018 Dimensioning and Tolerancing

More Standards

The MADCAD platform hosts 29 of the standards above ("Subscribed") but also free standards, under "Unsubscribed Books" > "Free Books". The free content is mostly from US states and government agencies.

Some standards are also available through IEEE Xplore Digital Library and ANSI Incorporated by Reference.

More information about standards, including information about further searching, is available in the Standards section of the Engineering subject guide.

If you require additional standards for your research, please contact the Engineering subject librarian.