Testing of steel materials shall be in accordance with the standards given in Table below:
Tests | Materials | Parameters testeda | Standards for reference |
Tensile test | Steel plates Hot rolled sections Hollow sections Steel for cold forming Bolts Profiled steel sheets Stud shear connectors | Yield strength Tensile strength Elongation after fracture | BS EN 10002-1:2001 |
Charpy impact test | Steel plates Hot rolled sections Hollow sections Steel for cold forming | Impact energy | BS EN 10045-1:1990 |
Hardness test | Bolts Nuts Washers | Brinell hardness Vickers hardness Rockwell hardness | BS EN ISO 6506-1:2005 BS EN ISO 6507-1:2005 BS EN ISO 6508-1:2005 |
Proof load test | Nuts | Proof load stress | BS EN 20898-2:1994 |
All-weld metal tests | Welding consumables | Yield strength Tensile strength Elongation after fracture Impact energy | BS EN 1597-1:1997 |
Chemical analysis | Steel plates Hot rolled sections Hollow sections Steel for cold forming Bolts Profiled steel sheets | Carbon contentb Carbon equivalent valueb Sulphur contentb Phosphorous contentb Othersc | BS EN ISO 14284:2002 |
a) To ensure the adequacy of non-certified steel materials, parameters tested shall be in compliance with the relevant material performance requirements given in Section 2. b) Compared to the limits specified for ladle analysis in Section 2, limits for product analysis shall be:- 0.03 % higher for carbon content; 0.04 % higher for carbon equivalent value; 0.01 % higher for each sulphur and phosphorous content. c) The content of the following elements shall also be determined and recorded:- silicon, manganese, copper, chromium, molybdenum, nickel, aluminium, niobium, titanium, vanadium, nitrogen and any other element intentionally added. | |||
