Slow crack growth test method for polyethylene gas pipes. Volume 1. Topical report, December 1992
In spite of the excellent performance record of polyethylene (PE) pipes used for gas distribution, a small number of leaks occur in distribution systems each year because of slow growth of cracks through pipe walls. The Slow Crack Growth Test (SCG) has been developed as a key element in a methodology for the assessment of the performance of polyethylene gas distribution systems to resist such leaks. This tropical report describes work conducted in the first part of the research directed at the initial development of the SCG test, including a critical evaluation of the applicability of the SCG test as an element in PE gas pipe system performance methodology. Results of extensive experiments and analysis are reported. The results show that the SCG test should be very useful in performance assessment.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle, Columbus, OH (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 7271029
- Report Number(s):
- PB-94-141918/XAB; CNN: GRI-5085-271-1113
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also PB--89-178214 and Volume 2, PB--94-138856
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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