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Introduction and Course Outcomes
Licenses and Permissions
About this Book
1. Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe
2. Pipe Size
3. Pipe vs. Tube
4. Pipe Connections
5. Welding Passes
6. Tack Welds
7. Root Passes
8. Intermediate Passes
9. Cover Passes
10. Pipe Welding Positions
11. Direction of Welding
12. Orbital Welding
13. 2G Position (Horizontal)
14. 5G Fixed Position (Multiple)
15. 6G Fixed Position (Multiple)
16. Welding Pipe with GMAW and FCAW
17. Modified GMAW-S
18. Welding Pipe with GTAW
19. GTAW Orbital Welding
20. Welding Pipe with SMAW
21. Nondestructive Examination in Welding
22. Inspector Duties
23. Visual Examination (VT)
24. Liquid Penetrant Examination (PT)
25. Magnetic Particle Examination (MT)
26. Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
27. Radiographic Testing (RT)
28. Electromagnetic Testing (ET)
29. Hydrostatic Testing (Hydro)
30. Destructive Testing
31. Tensile Testing
32. Tensile Tests: Shear and Peel
33. Soundness: Guided Bend Test
34. Soundness: Macro-Etch Test
35. Soundness: Fillet Weld Break Test
36. Soundness: Nick-Break Test
37. Hardness Tests
38. Toughness: Charpy V-Notch Test
39. Other: Drop Weight Test
40. Weld Discontinuities & Defects
41. Weld Stress
42. Incomplete Fusion and Incomplete Penetration
43. Lamination and Delamination
44. Arc Strikes
45. Spatter
46. Cracks
47. Transverse Cracks
48. Throat cracks
49. Crater Cracks
50. Underbead Cracks
51. Lamellar Tearing
52. Toe Cracks and Root Cracks
53. Liquid Metal Embrittlement
54. Inclusions
55. Slag Inclusions
56. Oxide Inclusions
57. Tungsten Inclusions
58. Cavities
59. Porosity
60. Wormholes
61. Shrinkage Voids
62. Incorrect Shape
63. Undercut
64. Overlap
65. Excessive Weld Reinforcement
66. Underfill
67. Concave Root Surface
Welding Codes for Pipe and Tube
A fillet weld break test is a soundness test in which the specimen is tested with the weld root in tension.
The fillet weld break test with macro-etching is used for the qualification of welders and welding operators.
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