Effect of aqueous environment on the long-term behavior of glass fiber-reinforced plastic pipes

Polymer Testing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Farshad, M ^a   Necola, A ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glass fiber reinforced; GRP Pipes; Long term extrapolation; Long term tests; Plastics pipes; Saturated pipes

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; METAL CASTINGS; PLASTIC PIPE; POLYESTERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESINS; UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

CENTRIFUGAL CASTINGS; SATURATED PIPES;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0242405865     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(03)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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