Advanced Creep

 

 

Coordination of 'Advanced Creep' Activities to Improve Safety and Durability of High Temperature Plant Materials

 

 

Documents available for download

> ECCC Data Sheets (2005) - New

Use this link to view the Issue 2 compendium of ECCC Data Sheets for low alloy ferritic, high alloy ferritic and austenitic steels, high temperature bolting steels/alloys, and nickel-base alloys

> Publications

Papers published by ECCC

> ECCC Recommendations Volumes 1-9 (September 2005) - New

The list of Volumes/Parts is shown below. The overview Volume 1 provides a concise guide to the contents of each Part of each Volume. Click on the appropriate link to view the contents of each Volume/Part.

 

VOLUME 1 – Overview

 

VOLUME 2 - Terms and terminology

Part I - General terms and terminology and items specific to parent material

Part IIa - Terms and terminology for welding processes and weld configurations

Part IIb - Terms and terminology for weld creep testing

Part III - Terms and terminology for post service exposed creep data

Part IV - Terms and terminology for creep crack initiation testing and data assessment

Part V - Terms and terminology for multi-axial features and components

 

VOLUME 3 - Recommendations for data acceptability criteria and the generation of creep data

Part I - Data acceptability criteria and data generation: Generic recommendations for creep, creep rupture, stress rupture and stress relaxation data

Part II - Data acceptability criteria and data generation: Creep data for welds

Part III - Recommendations for creep testing of PE (ex-service) materials

Part IV - Testing practices for the generation of creep crack initiation data

Part V - Testing practices for multi-axial features and components

 

VOLUME 4 - Guidance for the exchange and collation of creep data

Part I - Guidance for the exchange and collation of creep rupture, creep-strain time and stress relaxation data for assessment purposes.  Four data exchange workbooks are provided for the collation and exchange of:

- Creep-rupture data

- Stress relaxation data

- Creep-rupture data for weldments

- Creep-rupture data for post exposed (service exposed) materials

Part II - Guidance for the exchange and collation of creep crack initiation data for assessment purposes

- Workbook for collation and exchange of CCI data

Part III - Guidance for the exchange and collation of multi-axial creep test data for assessment purposes

Part IV - CREESTY database user manual

 

VOLUME 5 - Guidance for the assessment of uniaxial creep data

Part Ia - Generic recommendations and guidance for the assessment of full-size creep-rupture datasets

Part Ib - Recommendations and guidance for the assessment of creep strain and creep strength data

Part Ic - Recommendations for the assessment of full-size stress relaxation datasets

Part Id - Recommendations for the assessment of creep ductility data

Part IIa - Recommendations for the assessment of sub-size creep-rupture datasets

Part IIb - Recommendations for the assessment of weld creep-rupture data

Part III - Recommendations for the assessment of post exposure (ex-service) creep data

 

VOLUME 6 - Residual life assessment and microstructure

 

VOLUME 7 - Guidance for the assessment of creep crack initiation in testpieces and components

 

VOLUME 8 - Guidance for the assessment of multi-axial creep test data

 

VOLUME 9 - High temperature component analysis

Part I - High temperature component analysis: Overview

Part II - Overview of assessment and design procedures

Part III - Database of component tests and assessments

Part IV - Vessel assessment case studies