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API 5UE :2005

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RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR ULTRASONIC EVALUATION OF PIPE IMPERFECTIONS
Superseded date

03-11-2020

Published date

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
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 2005
PublisherName
American Petroleum Institute
Status
Superseded
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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