BS 4515-2:1999
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Specification for welding of steel pipelines on land and offshore Duplex stainless steel pipelines
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English
15-04-1999
Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Information to be specified and items to be approved
5 Equipment
6 Welding processes
7 Welding consumables
8 Testing, qualification and approval of welding procedures
9 Testing, qualification and approval of welders
10 Production welding
11 Inspection and testing of welds
12 Acceptance and rectification of welds
Annex A (informative) Welding procedure specification
Annex B (normative) Method for determining volume fraction
of ferrite in duplex stainless steel weldments by systematic
point count
Annex C (normative) Method for pitting corrosion testing of
duplex stainless steel weldments by the use of ferric
chloride solution
Bibliography
Figure 1 Location of repair excavations and destructive
test specimens
Figure 2 Location of test specimens
Figure 3 Tensile test specimen
Figure 4 Charpy v-notch impact test specimens for full
penetration welds (including full penetration
repair welds)
Figure 5 Positioning of Charpy v-notch impact specimens for
procedure approval or partial penetration repair
welds
Figure 6 Position of corrosion test specimen: full penetration
and internal repair welds
Figure C.1 General layout of test specimen showing the test
face uppermost
Table 1 Welding procedure specification details and changes
affecting approval
Table 2 Number of specimens for procedure qualification tests
on butt joints
Table 3 Number of specimens for procedure qualification
tests on repair welds
Table 4 Diameter and thickness ranges for butt joints and
branch connections
Table 5 Acceptance criteria for welds
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