<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of the present work was the elaboration of research methodology of the exhaustion degree of performance properties of pipes based on unsaturated polyester and glass fibers, which were manufactured by the cross winding method on a poly(vinyl chloride) core. Within the frame of the work we conducted fatigue-ageing tests being the simulation tool of the degradation process of polyester-glass pipes. Diagnosis of the composite material condition was conducted with the use of nondestructive ultrasonic testing with the application of the echo method, in which the transition time of ultrasonic wave was determined as the identifying parameter. The registered transition time of ultrasonic wave allowed the identification of the material condition during the course of pipes exploitation.</p></abstract>

The purpose of the present work was the elaboration of research methodology of the exhaustion degree of performance properties of pipes based on unsaturated polyester and glass fibers, which were manufactured by the cross winding method on a poly(vinyl chloride) core. Within the frame of the work we conducted fatigue-ageing tests being the simulation tool of the degradation process of polyester-glass pipes. Diagnosis of the composite material condition was conducted with the use of nondestructive ultrasonic testing with the application of the echo method, in which the transition time of ultrasonic wave was determined as the identifying parameter. The registered transition time of ultrasonic wave allowed the identification of the material condition during the course of pipes exploitation.

Mechanical properties evaluation and ultrasound diagnosis of unsaturated polyester-glass pipes

Silesian University Technology in Gliwice, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Biomaterials

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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The purpose of the present work was the elaboration of research methodology of the exhaustion degree of performance properties of pipes based on unsaturated...

Mechanical properties evaluation and ultrasound diagnosis of unsaturated polyester-glass pipes

Published Online: Jun 09, 2015

Page range: 77 - 83

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2015-0033

Keywords
glass-polyester composites, ultrasound diagnostics, mechanical properties

© by Małgorzata Szymiczek

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mechanical properties evaluation and ultrasound diagnosis of unsaturated polyester-glass pipes

Published Online: Jun 09, 2015

Page range: 77 - 83

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2015-0033

Keywordsglass-polyester composites, ultrasound diagnostics, mechanical properties

© by Małgorzata Szymiczek

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
glass-polyester composites, ultrasound diagnostics, mechanical properties