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Internal Installation Pressure Effects on Composite Repairs

Most composite repair installations take place with some amount of pressure in the pipe. The traditional design standards ASME PCC-2 4.1 and ISO 24817 each provide a design equation that includes consideration of installation pressure but the equations up to this point have been theoretical only and never tested. It is important to note that in the equations an increasing installation pressure acts to reduce the required composite repair thickness. This experimental test program studied the effects of internal pipe pressure during installation on composite reinforcement systems to verify if the performance of the repair was maintained when applied to simulated corrosion defects. The full-scale testing analyzed the effects on the burst pressure and the cyclic pressure fatigue life of a pipe with a 50% wall loss simulated corrosion defect. The installation pressures considered were varied from 0 up to 50% SMYS. The results of the test are presented and recommendations given for design use in future works.

Product Number: 51319-12986-SG
Author: Brad Whelan
Publication Date: 2019
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