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Nondestructive Testing to Obtain Key Mechanical Properties
Nondestructive testing is an ideal option to test in-service components that do not permit the cutting of samples due to excessive costs or because of the process being too impractical such as a piping system. The spherical indentations made on a piping system are smooth and shallow with no sharp edges or stress concentration spots.This efficient technique is effective in preventing accidents and in turn lowers down the costs associated with replacement, repairs, loss of equipment and business operational downtime.
Determine Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP)
PRCI Report: L52280 In-Situ Measurement of Pipeline Mechanical Properties Using Stress-Strain Microprobe - Validation
"An appropriate and relevant amount of data from the nondestructive Automated Ball Indentation (ABI) tests and the destructive tensile and fracture toughness tests provides reasonable statistical data sets to establish the validity and accuracy of the ABI technique which produces both tensile and fracture toughness properties from each single test. The ABI test (accomplished in less than two minutes) is now proven to replace both the tensile and fracture toughness tests without specimen machining or service interruption, and it requires only localized surface polishing of in-service pipelines."
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