2005. - 270 p
ECCC Recommendations Volume 5 Part Ia provides guidance for the assessment of large creep rupture data sets. It recognises that it is not practical at the present time to recommend a single European creep rupture data assessment (CRDA) procedure and promotes the innovative use of post assessment acceptability criteria to independently test the effectiveness and credibility of creep rupture strength predictions.
The guidance is based on the outcome of a four year work programme involving the evaluation of a number of assessment procedures by several analysts using large working data sets. The results of this exercise highlight the risk of unacceptable levels of uncertainty in predicted strength values without the implementation of well defined assessment strategies including critical checks during the course of analysis. The findings of this work programme are detailed in appendices to the document.
