GB/T 244-2020Metallic materials--Tube--Bend test method (English PDF)

Foreword

This Standard was drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.

This Standard replaces GB/T 244-2008 "Metallic materials - Tube - Bend test".

Compared with GB/T 244-2008, the main technical changes are as follows:

- MODIFY the description of the scope according to the national standard

compilation requirements (see Clause 1 of this Standard, Clause 1 of the

2008 edition);

- MODIFY the symbol of the wall thickness of the tube from "a" to "t", and

MODIFY the note of the symbol of the wall thickness of the tube in Table 1

(see Table 1 and Figure 1 of this Standard, Table 1 and Figure 1 of the 2008

edition);

- MODIFY the "bending center" in the full text to "bending die";

- ADD the content that test pieces with special requirements may be

subjected to bend test with reference to Annex A (see 4.3 of this Standard);

- MODIFY "tests required to be carried out under controlled conditions" to

"tests with strict temperature requirements" (see 6.1 of this Standard, 6.1

of the 2008 edition);

- MODIFY "welded tube" to "straight seam welded tube" [see 6.3 and 7e) of

this Standard, 6.3 and 7e) of the 2008 edition];

- ADD the content of the informative annex "Special tube bending testing

machine and test method" (see Annex A of this Standard).

This Standard uses the redrafting method to modify ISO 8491:1998 "Metallic

materials - Tube (in full section) - Bend test".

There are technical differences between this Standard and ISO 8491:1998. The

clauses involved in these differences have been marked by a single vertical line

(|) on the outer margins. The specific technical differences and their reasons

are as follows:

- MODIFY the symbol of the wall thickness of the tube from "a" to "t", to

harmonize with Chinese standards (see Table 1 of this Standard, Table 1 of

ISO 8491:1998);

- ADD the content that test pieces with special requirements may be

subjected to bend test with reference to Annex A, to meet China's national

conditions (see 4.3 of this Standard);

Metallic materials - Tube - Bend test method

1 Scope

This Standard specifies the test principle, test equipment, test piece, test

procedure and test report of the bend test method for metallic tubes.

This Standard applies to the determination of the full-section bending plastic

deformation capacity of circular cross-section metallic tubes with an outer

diameter not greater than 65 mm. The outer diameter range of the applicable

metallic tubes of this Standard can be specified in more detail in the relevant

product standards.

NOTE: The bend test of the transverse strip test piece of metallic tubes is carried out according

to GB/T 232[1], to increase the original bending rate of the test piece.

2 Symbols, names and units

The symbols, names and units used in this Standard are shown in Table 1.

Table 1 -- Symbols, names and units

3 Test principle

A full-section metallic straight tube is bent around a bending die with a specified

radius and grooves until the bending angle reaches the value specified in the

relevant product standard (see Figure 1).

in close contact with the metallic tube bending die until the specified bending

angle is reached.

7 Test report

The shall provide the test report according to the requirements of relevant

product standards. The test report shall contain at least the following content:

a) serial number of this Standard;

b) identification of the test piece;

c) dimension of the test piece;

d) bending angle alpha and bending die's radius r;

e) the position of the weld seam relative to the bending plane, if it is a straight

seam welded tube;

f) test results.

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