Foreword
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Symbols and definitions
4 Types of flaw
5 Modes of failure and material damage mechanisms
6 Information required for assessment
7 Assessment for fracture resistance
8 Assessment for fatigue
9 Assessment of flaws under creep and creep/fatigue
conditions
10 Assessment for other modes of failure
Annex A (normative) - Evaluation under mode I, II and
III loads
Annex B (informative) - Assessment procedures for
tubular joints in offshore structures
Annex C (informative) - Fracture assessment procedures
for pressure vessels and pipelines
Annex D (normative) - Stress due to misalignment
Annex E - Flaw recharacterization
Annex F (normative) - Procedures for
Leak-before-Break assessment
Annex G (normative) - The assessment of locally
thinned areas (LTAs)
Annex H (normative) - Reporting of fracture, fatigue
or creep assessments
Annex I (informative) - The significance of strength
mismatch on the fracture behaviour of
welded joints
Annex J (informative) - Use of Charpy V-notch impact
tests to estimate fracture toughness
Annex K (informative) - Probabilistic assessment
Annex L (informative) - Fracture toughness determination
for welds
Annex M (normative) - Stress intensity factor solutions
Annex N (informative) - Allowance for constraint effects
Annex O (informative) - Consideration of proof testing
and warm prestressing
Annex P (normative) - Compendium of reference stress
and limit load solutions for homogeneous and
strength mismatched structures
Annex Q (informative) - Residual stress distributions
in as-welded joints
Annex R (normative) - Determination of plasticity
interaction effects with combined primary
and secondary loading
Annex S (informative) - Information for making high
temperature crack growth assessments
Annex T (informative) - Guidance on the use of NDT with ECA
Annex U (informative) - Worked examples in fatigue
assessment using the quality category approach
Bibliography