This International Standard specifies two methods for testing complete, filled transport packages for compression resistance. The test may be used to assess the performance of a package in terms of its strength or of the protection it offers to its contents when it is subjected to compressive forces. It may be per-formed either as a single test to investigate the effects (defor-mation, collapse or failure) of compression or as part of a se-quence of tests designed to measure the ability of a package to withstand a distribution system that includes a compression hazard.
NOTE — A test method using a compression tester to determine the stacking resistance of a package is given in ISO 2874.