This Code of Practice gives guidance on the procedure to be followed when carrying out Small Punch Creep tests. The objectives of such tests are to evaluate the creep behaviour of materials exposed in operating plant components in order to provide data needed for plant life and integrity assessment. The Code of Practice primarily addresses metallic materials tested under creep loading but can also be used for other materials. Determination of tensile test data at elevated temperature can also be realised using the proposed methodology. But the methodology applied in Part B of this document should be applied.
BS CWA 15627:2007 history
2007BS CWA 15627:2007 Small punch test method for metallic materials