• BS 7910(2013) : 2013

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    GUIDE TO METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF FLAWS IN METALLIC STRUCTURES

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    Withdrawn date:  13-12-2019

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    Published date:  31-12-2013

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Symbols and definitions
    4 Types of flaw
    5 General guidance on assessment
    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
    Annexes
    Annex A (normative) - Evaluation under mode I,
            II and III loads
    Annex B (informative) - Assessment procedures for
            tubular joints in offshore structures
    Annex C (normative) - Fracture assessment procedures
            for pressure vessels and pipelines
    Annex D (normative) - Stress due to misalignment
    Annex E (normative) - Flaw recharacterization
    Annex F (normative) - Procedures for leak-before-break
            (LbB) 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
            mis-match 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
            mis matched structures
    Annex Q (normative) - Residual stress distributions in
            as-welded joints
    Annex R (normative) - Determination of plasticity interaction
            effects with combined primary and secondary loading
    Annex S (normative) - 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

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    Provides guidance and recommendations for assessing the acceptability of flaws in all types of structures and components.

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    Committee WEE/37
    Development Note Supersedes BS 7910(2005). (12/2013) Supersedes 12/30241229 DC. (01/2014) 2013 Edition Re-Issued in July 2015 & incorporates AMD 1 2015. Supersedes 15/30320309 DC. (07/2015)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn

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    BS EN ISO 3452-1:2013 Non-destructive testing. Penetrant testing General principles
    BS EN ISO 17640:2010 Non-destructive testing of welds. Ultrasonic testing. Techniques, testing levels, and assessment
    BS EN ISO 17636-1:2013 Non-destructive testing of welds. Radiographic testing X- and gamma-ray techniques with film
    ASTM E 1457 : 2015 : REDLINE Standard Test Method for Measurement of Creep Crack Growth Times in Metals
    BS EN 10025-3:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels Technical delivery conditions for normalized/normalized rolled weldable fine grain structural steels
    BS EN ISO 12737:2010 Metallic materials. Determination of plane-strain fracture toughness
    BS EN 10025-2:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels Technical delivery conditions for non-alloy structural steels
    ISO 2394:2015 General principles on reliability for structures
    BS EN ISO 6892-2:2011 Metallic materials. Tensile testing Method of test at elevated temperature
    BS EN ISO 23278:2015 Non-destructive testing of welds. Magnetic particle testing. Acceptance levels
    BS EN 12454:1998 Founding. Visual examination of surface discontinuities. Steel sand castings
    BS EN ISO 15653:2010 Metallic materials. Method of test for the determination of quasistatic fracture toughness of welds
    BS EN 10225:2009 Weldable structural steels for fixed offshore structures. Technical delivery conditions
    ISO 13822:2010 Bases for design of structures Assessment of existing structures
    BS EN ISO 15549:2010 Non-destructive testing. Eddy current testing. General principles
    BS EN ISO 17636-2:2013 Non-destructive testing of welds. Radiographic testing X- and gamma-ray techniques with digital detectors
    BS ISO 12108:2012 Metallic materials. Fatigue testing. Fatigue crack growth method
    BS EN 1993-1-1 : 2005 EUROCODE 3: DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES - PART 1-1: GENERAL RULES AND RULES FOR BUILDINGS
    BS EN ISO 23277:2015 Non-destructive testing of welds. Penetrant testing. Acceptance levels
    BS EN ISO 6520-1:2007 Welding and allied processes. Classification of geometric imperfections in metallic materials Fusion welding
    BS EN 1993-1-3:2006 Eurocode 3. Design of steel structures General rules - Supplementary rules for cold-formed members and sheeting
    BS EN ISO 11666:2010 Non-destructive testing of welds. Ultrasonic testing. Acceptance levels
    BS EN ISO 23279:2017 Non-destructive testing of welds. Ultrasonic testing. Characterization of discontinuities in welds
    BS EN ISO 6892-1:2016 Metallic materials. Tensile testing Method of test at room temperature
    BS EN ISO 17637:2016 Non-destructive testing of welds. Visual testing of fusion-welded joints
    BS EN ISO 11782-2:2008 Corrosion of metals and alloys. Corrosion fatigue testing Crack propagation testing using precracked specimens
    ASTM E 2760 : 2016 : REDLINE Standard Test Method for Creep-Fatigue Crack Growth Testing
    BS EN ISO 17638:2016 Non-destructive testing of welds. Magnetic particle testing
    API 579-1 : 2016 FITNESS-FOR-SERVICE
    PD 6525-1:1990 Elevated temperature properties for steels for pressure purposes. Stress rupture properties
    BS EN ISO 7539-1:2012 Corrosion of metals and alloys. Stress corrosion testing General guidance on testing procedures
    BS EN 462-3:1997 Non-destructive testing. Image quality of radiographs Image quality classes for ferrous metals
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