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BSI British Standards
Unfired pressure vessels —
Part 8: Additional requirements for pressure
vessels of aluminium and aluminium alloys
BS EN 13445-8:2009
BS EN 13445-8:2009 BRITISH STANDARD
National foreword
This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13445-8:2009. It
supersedes BS EN 13445-8:2006 which is withdrawn.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
Committee PVE/1, Pressure vessels.
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on
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© BSI 2009
ISBN 978 0 580 65652 1
ICS 23.020.30
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obligations.
This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards
Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 2009.
Amendments issued since publication
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN 13445-8
July 2009
ICS 23.020.30 Supersedes EN 13445-8:2006
English Version
Unfired pressure vessels - Part 8: Additional requirements for
pressure vessels of aluminium and aluminium alloys
Récipients sous pression non soumis à la flamme - Partie 8
: exigences complémentaires pour les récipients sous
pression en aluminium et alliages d'aluminium
Unbefeuerte Druckbehälter - Teil 8: Zusätzliche
Anforderungen an Druckbehälter aus Aluminium und
Aluminiumlegierungen
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Contents Page
Foreword..............................................................................................................................................................4
1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................5
2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................5
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and units ................................................................................................6
4 General requirements............................................................................................................................6
5 Materials .................................................................................................................................................6
5.1 General....................................................................................................................................................6
5.2 Elongation after fracture .......................................................................................................................6
5.3 Prevention of brittle fracture ................................................................................................................6
5.4 Lamellar tearing .....................................................................................................................................7
5.5 Chemical composition ..........................................................................................................................7
5.6 Material grouping system .....................................................................................................................7
6 Design .....................................................................................................................................................8
6.1 General....................................................................................................................................................8
6.2 Design temperature and properties.....................................................................................................8
6.3 Time-independent nominal design stress...........................................................................................8
6.4 Thick walled, small bore piping for shells ..........................................................................................8
6.5 Fatigue design........................................................................................................................................9
6.6 Lapped joints, joggle joints, permanent backing strips ....................................................................9
6.6.1 General....................................................................................................................................................9
6.6.2 Lapped joints..........................................................................................................................................9
6.6.3 Joggle joints...........................................................................................................................................9
6.6.4 Joints with permanent backing strips .............................................................................................. 10
7 Manufacture......................................................................................................................................... 10
7.1 General................................................................................................................................................. 10
7.2 Materials .............................................................................................................................................. 10
7.3 Welding procedure specification (WPS) .......................................................................................... 10
7.4 Qualification of welding procedure specifications (WPQR)........................................................... 10
7.5 Qualification of welders and welding operators.............................................................................. 11
7.6 Joint preparation................................................................................................................................. 11
7.7 Preheat................................................................................................................................................. 11
7.8 Production test, reference criteria .................................................................................................... 11
7.9 Extent of testing.................................................................................................................................. 11
7.10 Performance of test and acceptance criteria................................................................................... 12
7.11 Forming procedures........................................................................................................................... 12
7.12 Heat treatment after forming ............................................................................................................. 12
7.13 Sampling of formed products............................................................................................................ 14
7.14 Tests..................................................................................................................................................... 14
7.14.1 Base material....................................................................................................................................... 14
7.14.2 Butt welds............................................................................................................................................ 15
7.15 Post weld heat treatment (PWHT) ..................................................................................................... 15
8 Inspection and testing........................................................................................................................ 15
8.1 General................................................................................................................................................. 15
8.2 Non-destructive testing of welded joints ......................................................................................... 15
8.2.1 General................................................................................................................................................. 15
8.2.2 Demonstration of satisfactory experience for testing group 2...................................................... 16
8.2.3 Symbols ............................................................................................................................................... 17
8.3 Determination of extent of non destructive testing ........................................................................ 17
8.4 Applicable non destructive testing techniques............................................................................... 20
8.4.1 NDT methods....................................................................................................................................... 20
8.4.2 Acceptance criteria for radiographic testing (RT)........................................................................... 21
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8.4.3 Acceptance criteria for visual and surface penetrant testing.........................................................21
8.4.4 Acceptance criteria for penetrant testing (PT) .................................................................................22
8.5 Selection of non-destructive testing methods for internal imperfections.....................................22
8.6 Standard hydrostatic test ...................................................................................................................23
8.7 Pneumatic testing................................................................................................................................23
9 Inspection and testing of serially produced pressure vessels — Model approval.......................23
9.1 General..................................................................................................................................................23
9.2 Inspection and testing of pressure vessels subject to cyclic loads ..............................................23
Annex Y (informative) Differences between EN 13445-8:2006 and EN 13445-8:2009.................................24
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements
of the EU Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC ..........................................................................25
Bibliography......................................................................................................................................................26
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Foreword
This document (EN 13445-8:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 54 “Unfired pressure
vessels”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or
by endorsement, at the latest by December 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest
by December 2009.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights.
CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European
Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EC Directive(s).
For relationship with EC Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.
This European Standard consists of the following Parts:
⎯ Part 1: General.
⎯ Part 2: Materials.
⎯ Part 3: Design.
⎯ Part 4: Fabrication.
⎯ Part 5: Inspection and testing.
⎯ Part 6: Requirements for the design and fabrication of pressure vessels and pressure parts constructed from
spheroidal graphite cast iron.
⎯ CR 13445-7, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 7: Guidance on the use of conformity assessment procedures.
⎯ Part 8: Additional requirements for pressure vessels of aluminium and aluminium alloys.
⎯ CEN/TR 13445-9, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 9: Conformance of EN 13445 series to ISO 16528
This document supersedes EN 13445-8:2006. This new edition incorporates the Amendments which have been
approved previously by CEN members, and the corrected pages up to Issue 36 without any further technical
change. Annex Y to EN 13445-1:2009 and Annex Y to this Part provides details of significant technical changes
between this European Standard and the previous edition.
Amendments to this new edition may be issued from time to time and then used immediately as alternatives to
rules contained herein. It is intended to deliver a new Issue of EN 13445:2009 each year, consolidating these
Amendments and including other identified corrections.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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1 Scope
This Part 8 of this European Standard specifies requirements for unfired pressure vessels and their parts made of
aluminium and aluminium alloys in addition to the general requirements for unfired pressure vessels under
EN 13445:2009 Parts 1 to 5. This European Standard specifies unfired pressure vessels for loads up to 500 full
cycles.
NOTE Cast materials are not included in this version. Details regarding cast materials will be subject to an amendment to
or a revision of this European Standard.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references,
only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
EN 571-1:1997, Non-destructive testing — Penetrant testing — Part 1: General principles
EN 573-3:2007, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Chemical composition and form of wrought products — Part 3:
Chemical composition
EN 583-4:2002, Non-destructive testing — Ultrasonic examination — Part 4: Examination for discontinuities
perpendicular to the surface
EN 970:1997, Non-destructive examination of fusion welds — Visual examination
EN 1289:1998, EN 1289:1998/A1:2002, EN 1289:1998/A2:2003, Non-destructive examination of welds —
Penetrant testing of welds — Acceptance levels
EN 1435:1997, EN 1435:1997/A1:2002, EN 1435:1997/A2:2003, Non-destructive examination of welds —
Radiographic examination of welded joints
EN 1712:1997, EN 1712:1997/A1:2002, EN 1712:1997/A2:2003, Non-destructive examination of welds —
Ultrasonic examination of welded joints — Acceptance levels
EN 1714:1997, EN 1714:1997/A1:2002, EN 1714:1997/A2:2003, Non-destructive examination of welds —
Ultrasonic examination of welded joints
EN 12062:1997, EN 12062:1997/A1:2002, EN 12062:1997/A2:2003, Non-destructive examination of welds —
General rules for metallic materials
EN 12392:2000, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Wrought products — Special requirements for products
intended for the production of pressure equipment
EN 13445-1:2009, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 1: General
EN 13445-2:2009, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 2: Materials
EN 13445-3:2009, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 3: Design
EN 13445-4:2009, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 4: Fabrication
EN 13445-5:2009, Unfired pressure vessels — Part 5: Inspection and testing
EN ISO 6520-1:2007, Welding and allied processes — Classification of geometric imperfections in metallic
materials — Part 1: Fusion welding (ISO 6520-1:2007)
EN ISO 9606-2:2004, Qualification test of welders — Fusion welding — Part 2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys
(ISO 9606-2:2004)
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EN ISO 10042:2005, Welding — Arc-welded joints in aluminium and its alloys — Quality levels for imperfections
(ISO 10042:2005)
EN ISO 15614-2:2005, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Welding
procedure test — Part 2: Arc welding of aluminium and its alloys (ISO 15614-2:2005)
CR ISO/TR 15608:2000, Welding — Guidelines for a metallic materials grouping system (ISO/TR 15608:2000)
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and units
For the purposes of this document, the terms, definitions, symbols and units given in EN 13445:2009 Parts 1 to 5
apply.
NOTE Further symbols are listed in 8.2.3.
4 General requirements
The general requirements of EN 13445-1:2009 shall apply.
5 Materials
5.1 General
The requirements of EN 13445-2:2009 shall apply with the following additions/exclusions.
5.2 Elongation after fracture
NOTE Also see 4.1.4 of EN 13445-2:2009.
Aluminium and aluminium alloys used for welded parts of pressure vessels that are subjected to cold forming (e.g.
rolled shells and heads) shall have a specified minimum elongation after fracture measured on a gauge length
oo SL 65,5= (5.2-1)
that is ≥ 14 % in the longitudinal or transverse direction as defined by the material specification.
Aluminium and aluminium alloys used for parts of pressure vessels that are not subjected to cold forming (e.g.
straight flanges and nozzles) shall have a specified minimum elongation after fracture measured on a gauge length
oo SL 65,5= (5.2-2)
that is ≥ 10 % in the longitudinal or transverse direction as defined by the material specification.
5.3 Prevention of brittle fracture
NOTE 1 Also see 4.1.6 of EN 13445-2:2009.
Annex B of EN 13445-2:2009 is not applicable.
NOTE 2 The requirement