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Testing of samples-witnesses of a reinforced polyethylene gas pipeline

Abstract

Testing of samples-witnesses of a reinforced polyethylene gas pipeline

Fedorov Yu.Yu., Savvina A.V.

Incoming article date: 12.07.2017

From the pilot section of the gas pipeline, after ten years of operation, specimen-witnesses were seized. The gas pipeline consists of reinforced polyethylene pipes with an average adhesive reinforcing layer. The results of mechanical tests of model samples are given in the article. Investigations of the deformation-strength properties of the witness specimens show a decrease in the temperature of the viscous-brittle transition to -15 ° C. These results indicate a deterioration in the adhesion between the outer layers of PE80 and the middle technological layer. Good adhesion led to the emergence and development of a fragile crack. Stability tests at constant pressure showed satisfactory results, not a single sample collapsed. According to the research data, the reinforced polyethylene pipe did not deteriorate its deformation-strength properties for ten years of operation of the gas pipeline under pressure.

Keywords: Reinforced polyethylene pipe, specimen-witnesses, adhesion, stretching, viscous-brittle transition, resistance at constant internal pressure