SPECIFICATION FOR LINE PIPE 55

Samples shall be taken, and test pieces prepared, in accordance with ISO 14284 or ASTM E1806. Such
samples shall be taken from the pipe, plate or coil.

For tensile tests, CVN impact tests, DWT tests, bend tests, guided-bend tests and flattening tests, the
samples shall be taken, and the corresponding test pieces prepared, in accordance with the applicable
reference standard.

Samples and test pieces for the various test types shall be taken from locations as shown in Figure 5 and
Figure 6 and as given in Table 19 or Table 20, whichever is applicable, taking into account the
supplementary details in 10.2.3.2 to 10.2.3.7 and in 10.2.4.

For any of the mechanical tests specified in Clause 9, any test piece that shows defective preparation or
material imperfections unrelated to the intent of the particular mechanical test, whether observed before
or after testing, may be discarded and replaced by another test piece from the same length of pipe.

Rectangular test pieces, representing the full wall thickness of the pipe, shall be taken in accordance with
ISO 6892-1 or ASTM A370 and as shown in Figure 5. A standard sampling location along the coil or plate
length shall be selected according to a documented practice.

For hot worked and heat treated seamless pipe, transverse test pieces shall have a round cross-section
and shall be obtained from non-flattened samples.

For other pipe, transverse test pieces shall either have a rectangular or round cross-section. Rectangular
cross-section test pieces shall be from flattened samples while round cross-section test shall be from non-
flattened samples.

Flattening of test pieces shall be carried out according to documented procedures.

For transverse tensile tests using round cross-section test pieces, the diameter of such test pieces shall
be as given in Table 21, except that the next larger diameter may be used at the option of the
manufacturer. For longitudinal tensile tests of pipe with ≥ 19,0 mm (0.748 in), such test pieces shall be
12,7 mm (0.500 in) in diameter.

For testing pipe with 219,1 mm (8.625 in), full-section longitudinal test pieces may be used at the
option of the manufacturer.

If agreed, ring expansion test pieces may be used for the determination of transverse yield strength.

Weld beads may be ground flush and local imperfections may be removed.

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 56 API SPECIFICATION 5L

1 L — longitudinal sample
2 T — transverse sample

1 W — transverse weld sample, centred on the weld

2 T180 — transverse sample, centred ≈ 180° from the longitudinal weld
3 T90 — transverse sample, centred ≈ 90° from the longitudinal weld
4 L90 — longitudinal sample, centred ≈ 90° from the longitudinal weld

1 W — transverse weld sample, centred on the helical seam weld

2 L — longitudinal sample, centred at least /4 in the longitudinal direction from the helical seam weld
3 T — transverse sample, centred at least /4 in the longitudinal direction from the helical seam weld
4 coil/plate end weld, where length is the width of the coil/plate
5 WS — transverse weld sample, centred at least /4 from the junctions of the helical seam weld and the coil/plate
end weld

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