This part of EN ISO 13934 describes the determination of maximum force of textile fabrics known as the grab test. Part 1 of EN ISO 13934 will describe the method known as the strip test. The method is mainly applicable to woven textile fabrics. It may be applicable to fabrics produced by other techniques. It is not normally applicable to woven elastic fabrics, geotextiles, nonwovens, coated fabrics, textile-glass woven fabrics and fabrics made from carbon fibres or polyolefin tape yarns. The method deals with test specimens in equilibrium with the standard atmosphere for testing or with test specimens in the wet state.