Codes of Practice

A Code of Practice for the thermo-mechanical fatigue crack growth

S Stekovic, J Jones, M Whittaker, B Engel, C Hyde, J Rouse, S. Pattison, H Klingelhöffer and M Loveday

Being drafted, technical note published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2020.105675

A Code of Practice for the force-controlled thermo-mechanical fatigue testing

S Brookes, A Scholz, H Klingelhöffer, M Whittaker, M Loveday, A Wisby, N Ryder, R Lohr, S Stekovic, J Moverare, S Holdsworth and D Dudzinski

Originally published February 2016, subsequently issued as an international standard published under International Standardization Organisation ISO/TC 164/SC 4, reference ISO23296: 2022, Metallic materials – Fatigue testing – Force controlled thermo-mechanical fatigue testing method https://www.iso.org/standard/75166.html

A Code of Practice for the Determination of Cyclic Stress-Strain Data

R Hales, S R Holdsworth, M P O'Donnell, I J Perrin and R P Skelton
Published September 1999 (Also published in Materials at High Temperatures, 2002, 19(4), 165-185)

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A Code of Practice for Conducting Notched Bar Creep Rupture Tests and the Interpretation of the Data

G A Webster, S R Holdsworth, M S Loveday, I J Perrin and H Purper Published December 1999

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A Code of Practice for the Measurement of Misalignment Induced Bending in Uniaxially Loaded Tension-Compression Testpieces

J Bressers, S Holdsworth, P Harris, C Larsen, M Sanders and G L Tjoa Published by European Commission, EU 16138 EN, 1995

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A Code of Practice for Notched Bar Creep Rupture Testing

Procedures and Interpretation of Data for Design - G A Webster, B J Cane, B F Dyson and M S Loveday (Notch Creep Testing Working Party)

Published by National Physical Laboratory, (1991) ISBN 0 946754 13 6

Also published in Harmonisation of Testing Practice for High Temperature Materials. Edited by M S Loveday and T B Gibbons. Published by Elsevier Applied Science, 1992

A Code of Practice for Torsional Creep Testing of Tubular Testpieces at Elevated Temperatures

D W A Rees, M W Brown, T Hyde, R D Lohr, C J Morrison and M Shammas (Torsion Creep Testing Working Party) Published by National Physical Laboratory, (1990) ISBN 0 946754 12 8

Also published in Harmonisation of Testing Practice for High Temperature Materials. Edited by M S Loveday and T B Gibbons. Published by Elsevier Applied Science, 1992

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A Code of Practice for Internal Pressure Testing of Tubular Components at Elevated Temperature

I M How, R J Browne, M C Coleman, I G Craig, W M Hamm, R C Hurst, P C Meecham (Internal Pressure Testing Working Party) Published by National Physical Laboratory, October 1989

Also published in Harmonisation of Testing Practice for High Temperature Materials. Edited by M S Loveday and T B Gibbons. Published by Elsevier Applied Science, 1992

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A Code of Practice for Constant-Amplitude Low Cycle Fatigue Testing at Elevated Temperatures

G B Thomas, R Hales, J Ramsdale, R W Suhr and G Sumner (Low Cycle Fatigue Working Party) Published by National Physical Laboratory, (1986) ISBN 0 946754 05
Also published in Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 1989,12(2), 135-153

A Code of Practice for the Use of Ni-Cr-Base Alloy Creep Extensometers for Measurement of Creep Strain

M S Loveday and T B Gibbons
Published by National Physical Laboratory, (1986) ISBN 0 946754 08 X Check to see if digital copy available which can be accessed via direct link