Title: Continuous manufacturing technology for manufacture of FRP pipes with joints

Authors: Aleksandr B. Shopen, Vladimir V. Savchuk, Oleg B. Kivirenko, Vladimir Y. Lipinsky, Vladirmir A. Golovanevskiy

Addresses: AO Kompositneft, Ukraine. AO Kompositneft, Ukraine. The National Aerospace University, Ukraine. AO Kompositneft, Ukraine. Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Centre, Australia

Abstract: A new technology has been developed that allows FRP pipes with joints. A new technology has been developed that allows FRP pipes with joints to be manufactured in a continuous process with joints becoming an integral part of the overall FRP-pipe structure. The possibility of joints with strength equal to the pipe-wall strength was confirmed experimentally using epoxy-fibreglass pipes with threaded joints.

Keywords: e-glass/epoxy; FRP; joints; pipes.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.2002.001299

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 2002 Vol.17 No.1/2, pp.62-67

Published online: 02 Jul 2003 *

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