API 5UE :2005
Superseded
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RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR ULTRASONIC EVALUATION OF PIPE IMPERFECTIONS
03-11-2020
01-01-2015
1 SCOPE
2 REFERENCES
3 DEFINITIONS
4 APPLICATION
4.1 Basis for Inspection
4.2 Applicability of Inspection
4.3 Variability of Results
5 CERTIFICATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING PERSONNEL
6 PROVE-UP TECHNIQUE DESCRIPTIONS
6.1 Amplitude comparison technique (ACT)
6.2 Amplitude Distance Differential Technique (ADDT)
7 GENERAL INSPECTION CRITERIA
7.1 Equipment
7.2 Instrument and Transducer Equipment
Calibration/Certification
7.3 Reference Standards
7.4 Transducer, Angle Beam Wedge and Couplant Criteria
7.5 Instrument Criteria
8 STANDARDIZATION
8.1 General
8.2 Shear Wave Standardization
8.3 Standardization Checks
9 INSPECTION PROCEDURES
9.1 General
9.2 Procedure
10 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA AND DISPOSITION
11 RECORDS
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
Figures
Defines procedures which may be used to 'prove-up' the depth or size of imperfections.
| DocumentType |
Standard
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| ProductNote |
Reconfirmed 2005
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| PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| API 5T1 : 2017 | IMPERFECTION AND DEFECT TERMINOLOGY |
| ASNT SNT TC 1A : 2016 | TOPICAL OUTLINES FOR QUALIFICATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING PERSONNEL |
| API 5CT : 2012 | CASING AND TUBING |
| API 5D : 2001 | SPECIFICATION FOR DRILL PIPE |
| API 5L : 2012 | LINE PIPE |
| ASTM E 317 : 2016 : REDLINE | Standard Practice for Evaluating Performance Characteristics of Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Testing Instruments and Systems without the Use of Electronic Measurement Instruments |
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