19世紀80年代，為解決采購商與供貨商在購銷工業材料過程中產生的意見和分歧，有人提出建立技術委員會制度，由技術委員會組織各方面的代表參加技術座談會，討論解決有關材料規范、試驗程序等方面的爭議問題。

ASTM是美國最老、最大的非盈利性的標準學術團體之一。經過一個世紀的發展，ASTM現有33669個（個人和團體）會員，其中有22396個主要委員會會員在其各個委員會中擔任技術專家工作。ASTM的技術委員會下共設有2004個技術分委員會。有105817個單位參加了ASTM標準的制定工作，主要任務是制定材料、產品、系統、和服務等領域的特性和性能標準，試驗方法和程序標準，促進有關知識的發展和推廣。

下面是金屬疲勞與斷裂標準一覽：

B645-02????鋁合金的平面應變斷裂韌性試驗????Standard Practice for Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness Testing of Aluminum Alloys

B646-04????鋁合金斷裂韌性試驗????Standard Practice for Fracture Toughness Testing of Aluminum Alloys

E6-03????有關力學試驗方法的標準術語????Standard Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical Testing

E23-02a????金屬材料切口試棒的沖擊試驗方法????Standard Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials

E139-00e1????金屬材料蠕度、蠕變斷裂和應力斷裂試驗????Standard Test Methods for Conducting Creep, Creep-Rupture, and Stress-Rupture Tests of Metallic Materials

E292-01????材料斷裂時間的凹口張力試驗????Standard Test Methods for Conducting Time-for-Rupture Notch Tension Tests of Materials

E328-02????材料和結構件的應力松弛試驗????Standard Test Methods for Stress Relaxation Tests for Materials and Structures

E338-03????高強度薄板材料的銳切口張力試驗方法????Standard Test Method of Sharp-Notch Tension Testing of High-Strength Sheet Materials

E340-00e1????金屬和合金宏觀腐蝕的測試方法????Standard Test Method for Macroetching Metals and Alloys

E399-05????金屬材料水平變形斷裂強度的測試方法????Standard Test Method for Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials

E436-03????鐵素體鋼的墜重破裂試驗方法????Standard Test Method for Drop-Weight Tear Tests of Ferritic Steels

E466-96(2002)e1????金屬材料上進行的恒定振幅軸向疲勞試驗????Standard Practice for Conducting Force Controlled Constant Amplitude Axial Fatigue Tests of Metallic Materials

E467-05????軸向負載疲勞試驗機中恒振幅動態負載檢驗????Standard Practice for Verification of Constant Amplitude Dynamic Forces in an Axial Fatigue Testing System

E468-90（2004）????顯示金屬材料定幅疲勞試驗結果的方法????Standard Practice for Presentation of Constant Amplitude Fatigue Test Results for Metallic Materials

E561-05????R-曲線測定????Standard Practice for R-Curve Determination

E602-03????圓柱形試樣的銳切口張力的試驗方法????Standard Test Method for Sharp-Notch Tension Testing with Cylindrical Specimens

E604-83(2002)????金屬材料的動態斷裂試驗方法????Standard Test Method for Dynamic Tear Testing of Metallic Materials

E606-92(2004)e1????應變控制環疲勞試驗????Standard Practice for Strain-Controlled Fatigue Testing

E646-00????金屬薄鋼板材料的拉伸應變硬化指數(n值)的測試方法????Standard Test Method for Tensile Strain-Hardening Exponents (n-Values) of Metallic Sheet Materials

E647-05????疲勞裂縫增大率測量用測試方法????Standard Test Method for Measurement of Fatigue Crack Growth Rates

E739-91(2004)????線性或線性化應力壽命(S-N)和應變壽命(e-N)疲勞數據的統計分析????Standard Practice for Statistical Analysis of Linear or Linearized Stress-Life (S-N) and Strain-Life (ε-N) Fatigue Data

E740-03????用表面破裂張力試樣做斷裂試驗????Standard Practice for Fracture Testing with Surface-Crack Tension Specimens

E812-91(1997)????高強度金屬材料制慢彎預裂落擺沖擊試樣的破裂強度的測試方法????Standard Test Method for Crack Strength of Slow-Bend Precracked Charpy Specimens of High-Strength Metallic Materials

E813-91????斷裂韌性JIC測定的標準試驗方法????Standard Test Method For JIC,A Measure Of Fracture Toughness

E992??使用等效能量法確定鋼的斷裂韌度的慣例??Practice for Determination of Fracture Toughness of?Steels Using Equivalent Energy Methodology

E1049-85(1997)????疲勞分析的周期計數????Standard Practices for Cycle Counting in Fatigue Analysis

E1152????????Test Method for Determining J-R Curves3

E1169-02????耐久性試驗的實施????Standard Guide for Conducting Ruggedness Tests

E1221-96(2002)????測定Kla鐵素體鋼的平面應變,斷裂抑制,破裂韌性的試驗方法????Standard Test Method for Determining Plane-Strain Crack-Arrest Fracture Toughness, KIa, of Ferritic Steels

E1290-02????測量裂縫尖端開口位移(CTOD)裂縫韌性的試驗方法????Standard Test Method for Crack-Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) Fracture Toughness Measurement

E1304-97(2002)????金屬材料平面應變(V型槽口)斷裂韌度的測試方法(代替SAE ARP 1704)????Standard Test Method for Plane-Strain (Chevron-Notch) Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials

E1457-00????測量金屬蠕變開裂增長速度的試驗方法????Standard Test Method for Measurement of Creep Crack Growth Rates in Metals

E1681-03????恒定載荷下金屬材料環境促使裂紋的閾應力強度系數測定標準試驗方法????Standard Test Method for Determining a Threshold Stress Intensity Factor for Environment-Assisted Cracking of Metallic Materials

E1737-1996????斷裂韌性J積分的表征????J-INTERGRAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FRACTURE TOUGHNESS

E1820-01????斷裂韌性測定的標準試驗方法????Standard Test Method for Measurement of Fracture Toughness

E1823-96(2002)????疲勞和裂紋試驗相關的標準術語????Standard Terminology Relating to Fatigue and Fracture Testing

E1921-05????測定鐵素體鋼在轉變范圍內基準溫度的標準試驗方法????Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To’, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range

E1942-98(2004)????周期性疲勞和斷裂力學試驗中采用的數據采集系統的評定標準導則????Standard Guide for Evaluating Data Acquisition Systems Used in Cyclic Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Testing

E2207-02????用薄壁管狀樣本進行張力控制軸向扭力疲勞試驗慣例????Standard Practice for Strain-Controlled Axial-Torsional Fatigue Testing with Thin-Walled Tubular Specimens

E2368-04????張力受控的熱機械疲勞測試慣例????Standard Practice for Strain Controlled