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Evaluation of access protection products
| Edge protection (including guardrails and guard rail posts);
| Load;
| Not applicable; | AS 1657 Appendix B
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| Proof load tests
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Material performance evaluation of metal products
| Reinforcing bar and steel prestressing materials for concrete;
| Tensile properties;
| Longitudinal tensile; | AS/NZS 4671 Clause 7.2.2 and Appendix C2.2
| 10 kN to 1000 kN
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| Geometric properties;
| Mass per unit length; | AS/NZS 4671 Appendix C3.3
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| Bending properties;
| Simple bend; | AS/NZS 4671 Clause 7.2.3
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| Geometric properties;
| Indentation geometry; Rib geometry; | AS/NZS 4671 Appendices C3.1.4 and 3.2.4
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| Tubing/piping;
| Bending properties; Flattening properties; Shear strength;
| Not applicable; | AS 2505.3, ASTM A450
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| Welded test specimens;
| Bending properties; Compression; Flattening properties; Shear modulus; Shear strength;
| Not applicable; | AS 2205.8.1, AS 2205.8.2; ISO 15630-2; ISO 14323; ISO 12996, ASME IX QW 196.2.1;
| Compression - 10 kN to 1000 kN
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| Bending properties;
| Longitudinal guided bend; Transverse guided bend; | AS 2205.3.1, AS 2205.3.2, AS 2205.3.3, AS 3992 Section 13.3, ASME IX QW160, AWS D1.1 Section 4, AWS D1.6 Section 4, ISO 5173
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| Macroscopic examination;
| Macroscopic examination; | AS 2205.5.1, ISO 17639, ASME IX QW 183, ASME IX QW 184, AWS D1.1 Clause 4, AWS D1.6 Clause 4
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| Fillet-break fracture;
| Macroscopic examination; Visual examination; | AS 2205.4.2, AWS D1.1 Section 4, ASME Section IX QW 182, AWS D1.6 Section 4, ISO 9017
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| Nick-break fracture;
| Macroscopic examination; Visual examination; | AS 2205.4.1, ISO 9017
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| Prepared metallic test specimens; Welded test specimens;
| Tensile properties;
| All-weld-metal tensile; Longitudinal tensile; Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress; Transverse butt tensile; Transverse joggle-butt tensile; Transverse tensile; | AS 1391, ASTM A370, ASTM E8,ISO 6892-1,AS 2205.2, ISO 4136, ISO 5178, ISO 9018, AS 3992 Section 13.2, ASME IX QW150 and QB150, AWS D1.1 Section 4 and AWS D1.6 Section 4
| 10 kN to 1000 kN
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| Impact resistance;
| Charpy V-notch (impact value); | AS 1544.2; ASTM A370; ASTM E23; ISO 148-1, AS 2205.7.1
| Temperature range - ambient down to -70°C and at -196°C
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| Hardness;
| Brinell; Rockwell - Scale B; Rockwell - Scale C; Vickers; | AS 1816.1; ASTM A370; ASTM E10; ISO 6506-1;AS 1815.1; ASTM E18; ISO 6508.1;AS 1817.1; ISO 9015-2; ISO 6507-1;ASTM E384 AS 2205.6.1, ISO 9015-1
| Rockwell B & C Scales; Brinell 4.9 to 29.4 kN including tests at 29.4 kN using portable hardness testers; Vickers 9.8 N to 490 N
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