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Title: Preliminary design concepts for an advanced gas distribution system. Final phase: Evaluation of impact resistance. Final report, September 1990-November 1992

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5323457

The results of the previous research in Phases 1 and 2 indicate that the gas distribution industry needs enhanced protection against third party damage. In 1990, the program was focused on developing cost effective products that can be integrated easily into a polyethylene-based distribution system. Accordingly, coextruded pipe designs with a polyethylene core and a damage-tolerant outer layer won top priority. In the final phase of the research, samples of 2-inch and 4-inch coextruded pipes were prepared in which the core was TR418 polyethylene, and the candidate outer layers included an ionomer, a modified multiphasic polypropylene, and low density polyethylene.

Research Organization:
Battelle, Columbus, OH (United States)
OSTI ID:
5323457
Report Number(s):
PB-94-129988/XAB; CNN: GRI-5087-271-1614
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also PB--91-178939
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English