Refurbishment of steel tubular pipes using composite materials

Plastics, Rubber and Composites Processing and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 558-565

  Mableson, A R ^a   Dunn, K R ^a   Dodds, N ^b   Gibson, A G ^b  

^a Vosper Thornycroft (UK) Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CORROSION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PLASTIC LAMINATES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REPAIR; STEEL PIPE; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

BLISTERING RESISTANCE; EXTERNAL CORROSION; INTERNAL CORROSION; PRESSURIZED BLISTERS; STEEL TUBULAR PIPES;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0034484241     PISSN: 09598111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146580100101540770     Document Type: Article

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