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This paper presents the proposed revisions of the EPRG guidelines for the assessment of defects in transmission pipeline girth welds. The revisions cover Tier 2 of the guidelines, in particular (a) the extension of the guidelines to include Grade L555 (X80) material, (b) the assessment of surface-breaking defects with heights up to 5mm and (c) the assessment of multiple co-planar defects. Since the welds should be, at least, matching the pipe material in yield strength, the paper also defines the required levels of weld metal yield strength for the safe application of the guidelines.

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Different bases upon which linear regression equations can be constructed for estimating values of energy expenditure rate from observed values of heart rate are examined. Approximately 100 different regression equations corresponding to different bases were developed from 510 observations made of 11 different tasks. The regression equations constructed on the various bases are compared with one another and with respiratory calorimetry in terms of the experimental error which each introduces into the estimation of energy expenditure. The results suggest that for certain kinds of investigations the regression method can be substituted fruitfully for respiratory calorimetry.

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