A field-friendly rigid composite coupler for GRP pipes

Composite Structures

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-164

  Huysmans, Gert ^a   Marsol, Jeanne Françoise ^a   Verpoest, Ignaas ^a   De Roeck, Guido ^a   De Ridder, Lucrèce ^b   Vansant, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Research and Development   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; PIPE; PIPE FITTINGS;

COUPLER CONCEPT; COUPLING METHOD;

ADHESIVE JOINTS;

EID: 0031073561     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(97)80008-6     Document Type: Article

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