Abstract
In this contribution, the author reports the effect of salt spray and oxygenated salt water immersion and 100% relative humidity conditions on the fatigue resistance of filament wound glass fibre reinforced/vinyl ester thermoset pipes. Exposure to salt spray and oxygenated sea water immersion for periods of up to 10 000 h produced varying degrees of degradation in the fatigue resistance of glass fibre reinforced plastic pipes. The most severe degradation in fatigue resistance was observed at an exposure of 300 h under salt water spray condition and at 10 000 h of exposure under oxygenated salt water immersion condition.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 397-401 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Plastics, Rubber and Composites |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Environmental degradation
- Fatigue resistance
- Filament wound pipes
- GFRP composites
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ceramics and Composites
- General Chemical Engineering
- Polymers and Plastics
- Materials Chemistry