AWS B4.0M : 2000
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STANDARD METHODS FOR MECHANICAL TESTING OF WELDS
28-04-2023
01-01-2010
Personnel (Reaffirmation)
Personnel (Original)
Foreword
List of Tables
Part A - Testing of Groove Welds
A1. Bend Tests
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
10. Commentary
A2. Tension Tests
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
A3. Fracture Toughness Tests
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
Part B - Testing of Fillet Welds
B1. Longitudinal Guided-Bend Test
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
B2. Soundness Tests
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
B3. Shear Tests
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
Part C - Testing of Groove and Fillet Welds
C1. Nick-Break Test
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
C2. Hardness Tests
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
Part D - Stud Weld Tests
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
Part E - Weldability Testing
E1. Controlled Thermal Severity (CTS) Test
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
E2. Cruciform Test
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
E3. Implant Test
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
10. Commentary
E4. Lehigh Restraint Test
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
E5. Varestraint Test
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
10. Commentary
E6. Oblique Y-Groove Test
1. Scope
2. Applicable Documents
3. Summary of Method
4. Significance
5. Definitions and Symbols
6. Apparatus
7. Specimens
8. Procedure
9. Report
Annex A (Informative) - Bibliography of Weldability Tests
Annex B (Informative) - Round Tensile Specimen - 5:1 Gage
Length to Diameter Ratio
Annex C (Informative) - Guidelines for the Preparation of
Technical Inquiries
Defines the requirements for the bend testing of groove welds in butt joints and the bend testing of surfacing welds. It gives the procedure for bend test specimen preparation, test parameters and testing procedures.
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B4
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Also available in US Customary version; See AWS B4.0. (09/2006)
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Standard
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American Welding Society
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Superseded
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| AWS D3.6M : 2010 | UNDERWATER WELDING CODE |
| AWS D14.5/D14.5M:2009 | SPECIFICATION FOR WELDING OF PRESSES AND PRESS COMPONENTS |
| AWS D14.9/D14.9M : 2013 | SPECIFICATION FOR THE WELDING OF HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS |
| AWS A5.23/A5.23M : 2011 | SPECIFICATION FOR LOW-ALLOY STEEL ELECTRODES AND FLUXES FOR SUBMERGED ARC WELDING |
| AWS D14.1/D14.1M:2005 | SPECIFICATION FOR WELDING OF INDUSTRIAL AND MILL CRANES AND OTHER MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT |
| AWS WHB.3.9 : 2007 | WELDING PROCESSES - PART 2: WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH EDITION, VOL. 3 |
| AWS D1.9/D1.9M:2015 | STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE - TITANIUM |
| AWS A5.35/A5.35M : 2015 | SPECIFICATION FOR COVERED ELECTRODES FOR UNDERWATER WET SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING |
| AWS A5.22/A5.22M : 2012 | SPECIFICATION FOR STAINLESS STEEL FLUX CORED AND METAL CORED WELDING ELECTRODES AND RODS |
| W48-18 | Filler metals and allied materials for metal arc welding |
| ASME PV CODE 2C : 2017 | BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - MATERIALS - SPECIFICATIONS FOR WELDING RODS, ELECTRODES, AND FILLER METALS |
| ASME PCC 2 : 2015 | REPAIR OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT AND PIPING |
| AWS WHC2.10 : 0 | WELDING PROCESSES - PART 1, WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH EDITION, VOL. 2 - CHAPTER 10: ELECTROSLAG WELDING |
| AWS A5.1M/A5.1 : 2012 | SPECIFICATION FOR CARBON STEEL ELECTRODES FOR SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING |
| AWS A5.5/A5.5M : 2014 | SPECIFICATION FOR LOW-ALLOY STEEL ELECTRODES FOR SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING |
| AWS A5.28/A5.28M : 2005 : INC : ERR 1 | SPECIFICATION FOR LOW-ALLOY STEEL ELECTRODES AND RODS FOR GAS SHIELDED ARC WELDING |
| AISC 341 : 2016 | SEISMIC PROVISIONS FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL BUILDINGS |
| AWS A5.34/A5.34M : 2013 | SPECIFICATION FOR NICKEL-ALLOY ELECTRODES FOR FLUX CORED ARC WELDING |
| AWS A5.28/A5.28M : 2005 : R2015 | SPECIFICATION FOR LOW-ALLOY STEEL ELECTRODES AND RODS FOR GAS SHIELDED ARC WELDING |
| AWS D14.4/D14.4M : 2012 | SPECIFICATION FOR THE DESIGN OF WELDED JOINTS IN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT |
| AWS A5.20/A5.20M : 2005 | SPECIFICATION FOR CARBON STEEL ELECTRODES FOR FLUX CORED ARC WELDING |
| AWS A5.4/A5.4M : 2012 | SPECIFICATION FOR STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODES FOR SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING |
| AWS C6.2/C6.2M : 2006 | SPECIFICATION FOR FRICTION WELDING OF METALS |
| AWS A5.20/A5.20M : 2005 : R2015 | SPECIFICATION FOR CARBON STEEL ELECTRODES FOR FLUX CORED ARC WELDING |
| ASTM E 190 : 2014 : REDLINE | Standard Test Method for Guided Bend Test for Ductility of Welds |
| AWS A2.4 : 2012 | STANDARD SYMBOLS FOR WELDING, BRAZING, AND NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION |
| AWS C5.4 : 1993 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR STUD WELDING |
| ASTM E 384 : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Test Method for Microindentation Hardness of Materials |
| ASTM E 616 : 1989 | Terminology Relating to Fracture Testing (Withdrawn 1996) |
| ASME B46.1 : 2009 | SURFACE TEXTURE (SURFACE ROUGHNESS, WAVINESS, AND LAY) |
| ASTM B 557 : 2015 : REDLINE | Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing Wrought and Cast Aluminum- and Magnesium-Alloy Products |
| ASTM E 10 : 2017-05 | TEST METHOD FOR BRINELL HARDNESS OF METALLIC MATERIALS |
| ASTM E 110 : 2014 : REDLINE | Standard Test Method for Rockwell and Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials by Portable Hardness Testers |
| AWS A4.3 : 1993 | DETERMINATION OF THE DIFFUSIBLE HYDROGEN CONTENT OF MARTENSITIC, BAINITIC, AND FERRITIC STEEL WELD METAL PRODUCED BY ARC WELDING |
| BS 7363:1990 | Method for bead-on-plate (BOP) test for welds |
| ASTM E 8 : 2004 | Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials |
| AWS D1.1 : 2000 | STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE - STEEL |
| ASTM E 92 : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Test Methods for Vickers Hardness and Knoop Hardness of Metallic Materials |
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