Professional Documents
Culture Documents
As 2205.1-2003 Methods For Destructive Testing of Welds in M
As 2205.1-2003 Methods For Destructive Testing of Welds in M
for
AS 2205.1-2003 Methods for destructive testing of welds in metal - General requirements for tests
Licence Agreement
This is an agreement between the end user of the Product ("Licensee") and SAI Global Limited, 286 Sussex Street, Sydney
NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA, ABN 67 050 611 642.
Australian Standards means Australian Standards and includes Joint ISO/Australian Standards, Joint NZ/Australian Standards,
current Draft Australian Standards, and amendments to Australian Standards.
Concurrent Users means the maximum number of people able to access the Product at any one time, and is limited to the
number of Licences purchased.
ISO Standards means Standards published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), for which SAI Global is
an authorised distributor.
IEC Standards means Standards published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), for which SAI Global is an
authorised distributor.
Internal use means use of the Product within the Licensee’s organization.
Product means Australian Standards, ISO Standards and IEC Standards ordered and purchased through the InfoStore, and
downloaded as electronic PDF files.
Click on the red box above to activate the Licence Agreement scroll bar.
2. Product Availability
See publications
2.1. The Product is available via the World covering the same
Wide Web through Subject
the use of a web Area
browser. Documents are provided as PDF files,
viewable through the use of Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader Version 7 and above.
Subscribe to our Free Newsletters about Australian Standards® in
3. Licence Agreement
Legislation; ISO, IEC, BSI and more
Learn
3.1. By using the Product thehow to Manage
Licensee Standards
agrees to be bound by theCollections Online
Licence Agreement for the Product.
3.3.b. Purchasers of network Licences for the Product may install and use the Product on a network with the number of
Concurrent Users permitted corresponding to the number of users specified in the SAI Global Infostore order. Licensees are
permitted to make paper copies of the Product for Internal use limited to the number of network users specified in the SAI Global
Infostore order only. Licensees are permitted to make one electronic copy of the Product for backup purposes.
3.4. SAI Global will not in any way provide the Licensee with an updating service for the Product. The Licensee agrees that SAI
1 AS 2205.1—2003
Australian Standard™
AS 2205.1
PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee WD-006, Testing of
Welds, to supersede AS 2205.1—1997.
The objective of this edition is to update the Standard and include editorial changes in
accordance with current Standards Australia editorial policy.
The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the
appendix to which it applies. An ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and
guidance.
METHOD
1 SCOPE
This Standard sets out general requirements for test methods for the destructive testing of
welded or brazed joints, such test methods being intended for use unless other procedures
are specified by the relevant application Standard.
2 APPLICATION
Tests to be specified by reference to these standard methods should include the generic
number of the Standard, the method and the test.
3 REFERENCED DOCUMENT
The following document is referred to in this Standard:
AS
2812 Welding, brazing and cutting of metals—Glossary of terms
4 DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Standard, the definitions given in AS 2812 and those below apply.
4.1 Face surface of weld
(a) Where the joint is welded from one side, the side from which the weld is made,
usually that containing the largest width of weld.
(b) Where the joint is welded from both sides, the side from which most welding is
carried out or, if equal, the side from which welding first commenced.
© Standards Australia
AS 2205.1—2003 2
(c) Where the welding energy is not introduced from the side (e.g., electroslag, flashbutt
welding), either side may be nominated, except for pipe and pressure vessels welds.
(d) In a pipe, the outer surface.
4.2 Root surface of weld
The opposite side to the face surface.
Licensed to Mr Kenji Mori on 13 December 2011. 1 user personal user licence only. Storage, distribution or use on network prohibited (10261835).
(b) Where removal of weld reinforcement, backing and root penetration is specified, both
surfaces shall be lightly dressed, so that the original surfaces of the parent materials
are not wholly removed.
(c) Where abutting surfaces of equal thickness plates are not level with one another, one
parent material may be machined at each surface of the weld to a depth of not more
than 1 mm or 5% of the original thickness of the parent material, whichever is the
lesser.
Licensed to Mr Kenji Mori on 13 December 2011. 1 user personal user licence only. Storage, distribution or use on network prohibited (10261835).
(d) Where plates of unequal thickness are used in preparation of the test piece, the
surfaces of the thicker plate shall be machined to align with the surfaces of the
thinner plate.
5.5 Heat treatment
5.5.1 General
The test pieces shall not be heat treated unless—
(a) heat treatment of the test piece is specified in the application Standard; or
(b) the welded part that it represents is to be heat treated.
5.5.2 Test piece and component heat treated together
Where heat treatment of the welded component is required, the test piece shall, wherever
possible, be heat treated with or as part of the welded component, unless otherwise
specified.
5.5.3 Test piece and component heat treated separately
Where heat treatment together with the welded component is not possible, and where the
application Standard permits otherwise, the test piece may be heat treated separately. In
such cases, the heat treatment procedure, temperature, cooling rates and other conditions
shall reasonably represent the conditions applied to the welded component.
6 SELECTION OF TESTS
To provide adequate evaluation of a joint, one or more of the tests described in the AS 2205
series (see Note) may be required. The choice of tests and the number of test specimens
shall be as specified in the application Standard.
NOTE: For a list of the AS 2205 series of Standards, see Appendix A.
While the all-weld-metal tensile test and the Charpy V-notch impact test are widely used in
the testing of production welds, they may also be used as part of the parameters in the
qualification of welding consumables or welding procedures.
It may not be possible to perform some of the bend tests properly where the yield strength
and strain-hardening properties differ markedly between the parent metal, the heat-affected
zone and the weld metal. Also, it may not be possible to apply the Charpy V-notch test to
production structural weldments, owing to the small width or angle of inclination of the
heat-affected zone. In these cases, alternative tests may need to be chosen.
7 TEMPERATURE OF TESTS
Unless otherwise specified in the application Standard, the tests shall be carried out at
ambient temperature.
APPENDIX A
THE AS 2205 SERIES OF STANDARDS
(Informative)
Licensed to Mr Kenji Mori on 13 December 2011. 1 user personal user licence only. Storage, distribution or use on network prohibited (10261835).
NOTES
AS 2205.1—2003
Licensed to Mr Kenji Mori on 13 December 2011. 1 user personal user licence only. Storage, distribution or use on network prohibited (10261835).
AS 2205.1—2003
6
NOTES
Licensed to Mr Kenji Mori on 13 December 2011. 1 user personal user licence only. Storage, distribution or use on network prohibited (10261835).
NOTES
AS 2205.1—2003
AS 2205.1—2003 8
This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee WD-006, Testing of Welds. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards
Australia on 21 March 2003 and published on 15 April 2003.
Licensed to Mr Kenji Mori on 13 December 2011. 1 user personal user licence only. Storage, distribution or use on network prohibited (10261835).
Originated as AS B301.1—1971.
Previous edition A 2205.1—1997.
Fourth edition 2003.
COPYRIGHT
© Standards Australia International
All rights are reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means, electronic
or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of the publisher.
Published by Standards Australia International Ltd
GPO Box 5420, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia
ISBN 0 7337 5173 3 Printed in Australia