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Title: Environmental effects of oilfield chemicals on composite

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OSTI ID:357771
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  1. Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

This paper presents a feasibility study of the effects of oilfield chemicals on composite materials. In this initial study only hydrochloric acid is considered. Initial attempts were made to test stressed specimens, but results were very poor. Subsequent testing was performed to determine how the composite material constituents reacted to the hydrochloric acid. The initial testing was performed on tubular specimens with axial and essentially hoop wound fibers of different materials with different resins. The specimens were loaded in bending to induce representative strains in the tubing. All specimens failed. The second tests consisted of only an environmental soak to determine the amount of mass uptake as well as the reduction in strength. The strength reduction results will be presented at a later time. Testing was performed on S-2 glass, carbon and Kevlar 49 as well as three different resins.

OSTI ID:
357771
Report Number(s):
CONF-980213-; TRN: IM9932%%116
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1998 energy sources technology conference, Houston, TX (United States), Feb 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1998 ASME energy sources technology conference (ETCE`98); PB: [1170] p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English