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STANDARD METHODS FOR MECHANICAL TESTING OF WELDS

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Superseded date: 28-04-2023

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Published date: 01-01-2010

Publisher: American Welding Society

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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

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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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Committee	B4
Development Note	Also available in US Customary version; See AWS B4.0. (09/2006)
Document Type	Standard
ISBN
Pages
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Publisher	American Welding Society
Status	Superseded
Superseded By	AWS B4.0M:2002(R2010)
Supersedes	AWS B4.0M : 0

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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
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AWS D1.9/D1.9M:2015	STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE - TITANIUM
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W48-18	Filler metals and allied materials for metal arc welding
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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
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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
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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
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AWS A5.4/A5.4M : 2012	SPECIFICATION FOR STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODES FOR SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING
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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
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ASTM E 110 : 2014 : REDLINE	Standard Test Method for Rockwell and Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials by Portable Hardness Testers
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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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