1.    Suggested methods for determining tensile strength of rock materials (1978)
2.    Suggested methods for determining the strength of rock materials in triaxial compression (1978)
3.    Suggested methods for determining the uniaxial compressive strength and deformability of rock materials (1979)
4.    Suggested methods for determining shear strength (1974)

The Commission on Standardization of Laboratory and Field Tests on Rock was appointed in 1967. Subsequent to its first meeting in Madrid in October 1968, the Commission circulated a questionnaire to all members of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, the answers received clearly showing a general desire for standardized testing procedures. At a further meeting in Oslo in September 1969, tests were categorized and a priority for their standardization was agreed upon.