Definition(s)
Free-end Testing
Pressure-testing arrangement using pipe end closures of a type such that internal pressure produces axial, as well as hoop and radial, stresses in the component wall
- Note: 1 to entry: See also restrained-end testing (3.2.107).
Source: ISO 14692-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) piping — Part 1: Vocabulary, symbols, applications and materials, Second Edition, August 2017. Global Standards