By jarcher
Date 11-23-2009 22:45
Edited 11-26-2009 15:37
I don't have Section IX on hand, as I'm on vacation this week, but I'll give a you reference, as time permits, to the variance I spoke of when I return to work. In my experience the only place appearances of fractures are reported is with charpy specimens under %Shear, but I recognize there may be regional variations about whats typically reported when not required by code. As I've taken pains to make clear, if tensiles meet the minimum in ASME, location doesn't need to be reported, but if your specimen is up to 5% under the minimum tensile strength, it has to be reported in order for the tensile to be acceptable.
I called someone to get the reference instead of waiting until I got back to work. The reference was QW 1.53b (page 5). I'm not sure whether he was using 2007 or 2010.
Ah, 2007, my misunderstanding, orders for 2010 are being taken, but it doesn't ship until mid 2010. I hope it meets its deadline better than D1.1 did in the last edition.