The chapters of the current 473-page PDAM Manual are:

1. Introduction;
2. Scope;
3. Background;
4. Types of Defect Considered;
5. The Methodology for Conducting an Assessment;
6. The Format of the Pipeline Defect Assessment Manual;
7. The Definition of Acceptance;
8. The Design Factor;
9. Design and Operating Pressure and Over-Pressure;
10. The Use of Specified Minimum Material Properties;
11. The Use of the Specified Minimum Wall Thickness;
12. A Corrosion Allowance;
13. Measurement Uncertainty and Inspection Tolerances;
14. Safe Working Practices in the Vicinity of a Damaged Pipeline;
15. Guidance on the Measurement of Damage;
16. Repair Methods;
17. Assessment Methods Recommended in the Pipeline Defect Assessment Manual;
18. References;
19. Defect Free-Pipe;
20. Corrosion;
21. Gouges;
22. Plain Dents;
23. Kinked Dents;
24. Smooth Dents on Welds;
25. Smooth Dents and Gouges;
26. Smooth Dents Containing Other Types of Defect;
27. ‘Spring Back’ and ‘Rerounding’ of Dents;
28. Manufacturing Defects in the Pipe Body;
29. Girth Weld Defects;
30. Seam Weld Defects;
31. Cracks and Cracl-Like Defects;
32. Environmental Cracking;
33. Fatigue;
34. Defects in Pipeline Fittings;
35. Interaction Between Defects;
36. Leak and Rupture;
37. Fracture Propagation.

All reports written by Penspen, unless otherwise stated:

• Assessment Methods for Defect Free Pipe;
• Assessment Methods for Corrosion in Pipelines;
• Assessment Methods for Gouges in Pipelines;
• Assessment Methods for Dents in Pipelines;
• Spring Back and Rerounding in Dented Pipelines;
• Assessment Methods for Dents and Gouges in Pipelines;
• Assessment Methods for Dents and Other Defects in Pipelines;
• Time Dependent Behaviour of Defects in Pipelines;
• Assessment Methods for Cracking in Pipelines;
• Assessment Methods for Manufacturing Defects in Pipelines;
• Assessment Methods for Defects in Pipeline Girth Welds and Seam Welds (by DNV);
• Assessment Methods for Environmental Cracking in Pipelines;
• Methods governing and preventing long running ductile and brittle propagating fast fracture in gas transmission pipelines (by CSM);
• Assessment Methods for Defects in Pipeline Fittings;
• The Leak-Rupture Behaviour of Defects in Pipelines;
• Interaction Between Defects in Pipelines;
• Corrosion;
• Cracking;
• Environmental Cracking;
• Fatigue;
• Fracture Propagation;
• Mechanical Damage;
• Subsea;
• Weld Effects.

• Corrosion internal pressure (burst) (using DNV-RP-F101 Part B);
• Corrosion internal pressure (burst interaction) (using DNV-RP-F101 Part B);
• Corrosion internal pressure (burst) (river-bottom) using DNV-RP-F101 Part B);
• Corrosion internal pressure and compressive external (burst) (using DNV-RP-F101 Part B);
• Corrosion internal pressure (burst) (using DNV-RP-F101 Part A);
• Corrosion internal pressure (burst) (using ‘modified’ ASME B31G);
• Corrosion internal pressure (burst) (using ASME B31G);
• Corrosion internal pressure (burst) (using a ‘remaining strength’ criterion);
• Corrosion circumferential bending;
• Corrosion circumferential internal pressure axial load;
• Corrosion circumferential internal pressure axial load bending;
• Gouge longitudinal internal pressure (burst);
• Gouge circumferential bending;
• Gouge circumferential internal pressure axial load;
• Gouge circumferential internal pressure axial load bending;
• Gouge helical internal pressure axial load bending;
• Plain dent internal pressure (burst);
• Plain dent internal pressure (fatigue);
• Smooth dent and gouge internal pressure (burst);
• Smooth dent and gouge internal pressure (fatigue);
• Smooth dent on weld internal pressure (fatigue);
• Girth weld defect (using the EPRG guidelines);
• Leak-rupture longitudinal internal pressure (toughness dependent);
• Leak-rupture longitudinal internal pressure (flow stress dependent);
• Leak-rupture circumferential bending;
• Leak-rupture circumferential internal pressure axial load;
• Leak-rupture circumferential internal pressure axial load bending;
• Fracture propagation (using the EPRG guidelines);
• Fracture propagation (using DNV-OS-F101);
• Prevention of ductile fracture.

• Burst Tests on Defect Free Pipe;
• External Pressure and Other Loads Tests;
• Buckle Propagation Tests;
• Burst Tests on Corrosion;
• Tests on Circumferential Corrosion;
• Tests on Corrosion (internal pressure and other loads);
• Burst Tests on Gouges (Part-Wall Defects);
• Fatigue Tests on Gouges (Part-Wall Defects);
• Tests on Longitudinal Part-Wall Defects;
• Tests on Circumferential Part-Wall Defects;
• Tests on Helical Through-Wall Part-Wall Defects;
• Burst Tests on Through-Wall Defects;
• Tests on Circumferential Through-Wall Defects;
• Burst Tests on Dents;
• Burst Tests on Dents on Welds;
• Fatigue Tests on Dents;
• Fatigue Tests on Dents on Welds;
• Spring Back and Rounding of Dents;
• Burst Test on Dents and Gouges;
• Burst Test on Dents and Other Defects;
• Fatigue Test on Dents and Gouges;
• Test on Defect Free Bends;
• Test on Defects in Bends;
• Tests on Interaction;
• Tests on Defects at Constant Pressure;
• Leak and Rupture;
• Full Scale Burst Test Pipes Data Bank;
• Full Scale Burst Test on Longitudinal Welded Pipes Data Bank;
• Full Scale Burst Test on Spiral Welded Pipes;
• Dent Gouge Burst;
• Dent Gouge Fatigue;
• Longitudinal Gouge Burst;
• Plain Dent Burst;
• Plain Dent Fatigue (Damage);
• Smooth Dent on Weld Fatigue.