New International Association for the Testing of Materials

New International Association for the Testing of Materials, Neuer Internationaler Verband für Materialprüfungen, Nouvelle Association Internationale Pour l'Essai des Matériaux, Association Internationale Pour l'Essai des Matériaux, International Association for the Testing of Materials
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Founded: 1927
Sources: HB 1931, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

Permanent Committee, consisting of one member from each country having a membership of not less than twenty in the National Association. (HB 1931) Le Comité permanent comprenant un membre de chaque pays dont l'association nationale compte au moins vingt membres. Président : Le siège du Président est actuellement vacant par suite du décès du titulaire. (HB 1936)

Seats

Members in these countries

Individual members, companies and oorporations . The following oountries are represented in the Permanent Committee : Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Roumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Union of Soviet Socialist Hepublios, United States of America, Yugoslavia. (HB 1931) Membres particuliers, compagnies et sociétés. Le Comité permanent compte des représentants des pays ci-après : Allemagne, Argentine, Autriche, Belgique, Royaume-Uni, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Etats-Unis d'Amérique, Finlande, France, Grèce, Hongrie, Italie, Japon, Lettonie, Luxembourg, Norvège, Palestine, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, Roumanie, Suède, Suisse, Tchécoslovaquie, Uruguay, Yougoslavie. (HB 1936) Individual members, companies and corporations. The following countries are represented in the Permanent Committee: Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America, Yugoslavia. Corresponding members in the following countries: the Argentine, China, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Luxemburg, Palestine, Poland, Portugal and Uruguay. (HB 1938)
Argentina (since 1936) , Austria (since 1931) , Belgium (since 1931) , China (since 1938) , Czechoslovakia (since 1931) , Denmark (1931-1938) , Estonia (since 1931) , Finland (since 1931) , France (since 1931) , Germany (since 1931) , Greece (since 1931) , Hungary (since 1931) , Italy (since 1931) , Japan (since 1931) , Latvia (since 1931) , Luxembourg (since 1931) , Netherlands (since 1931) , Norway (since 1931) , Palestine (since 1931) , Poland (since 1931) , Portugal (since 1938) , Romania (since 1931) , Spain (since 1931) , Sweden (since 1931) , Switzerland (since 1931) , Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1931-1936) , United Kingdom (since 1931) , United States of America (since 1931) , Uruguay (since 1936) , Yugoslavia (since 1931) ,

Congresses

Object

To secure international co-operation, exchange of view, etc., by holding international congresses at intervals of not less than three or more than five years. The Association shall, however, be free to adopt other additional methods of securing and maintaining international contact as circumstances may suggest. Questions of standardisation of materials are to be regarded as being outside the scope of the Association. (HB 1931) Favoriser la coopération internationale, les échanges de vues, etc., en organisant des congrès internationaux à des intervalles de trois ans au moins et de cinq ans au plus. Toutefois, l'association a la faculté d'adopter toutes autres méthodes utiles pour établir et entretenir des rapports internationaux. L'association ne s'occupe pas des questions de standardisation des matériaux. (HB 1936)

Finances

The individual membership subscription is two dollars a year. (HB 1931) La cotisation de membre est de 2 dollars-or par an. (HB 1936) The individual membership subscription is a minimum of two dollars (United States of America) a year. Annual contribution will in future be asked from member countries. (HB 1938)

General facts

In September 1926, when the first congress of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering took place in Zurich, the Associations for Testing Materials of Netherlands and Switzerland took the necessary steps to bring about the first international congress for testing materials since the war in Amsterdam in September 1927. At this Congress, the New Association for Testing Materials was founded. (HB 1931) En septembre 1926, lors de la réunion à Zurich du premier congrès de l'Association internationale des Ponts et Charpentes, les associations pour l'essai des matériaux des Pays-Bas et de Suisse prirent les mesures nécessaires pour organiser à Amsterdam, en 1927, le premier congrès international pour l'essai des matériaux depuis la guerre. A ce congrès fut fondée la nouvelle Association internationale pour l'essai des matériaux. Le premier congrès a eu lieu à Zurich, en septembre 1931. (HB 1936) In September 1926, when the first congress of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering took place in Zurich, the Associations for Testing Materials of the Netherlands and Switzerland took the necessary steps to bring about the first international congress for testing materials since the war, in Amsterdam in September 1927. At this Congress, the New International Association for Testing Materials was founded. The first congress took place in Zurich in September 1931, the second in London in April 1937. The next Congress will be held in Germany in 1940. (HB 1938)

Publications

"First Communications" (4 vol.). The reports of the Congress will be published in 1932. (HB 1931) "Les Premières communications" (4 volumes) et "Le Livre du Congrès de Zurich" (2 volumes). (HB 1936) First Communications, 4 volumes, 1930; Journal of the Zurich Congress, 2 volumes, 1931; Journal of t h e. London Congress, 1937. (HB 1938)

Activities

The work is chiefly divided amongst four groups: A, Metals; B, Non-Metallic Inorganic Materials; C, Organic Materials; D, Questions of General Importance. (HB 1929/38) Les travaux se répartissent essentiellement en quatre groupes : groupe A : "métaux"; groupe B : "matières inorganiques non métalliques"; groupe C : "matières organiques" et groupe D : "questions présentant une importance générale" (HB 1938)

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