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Plastic Pipe Systems: Failure Investigation and Diagnosis
A diagnostic manual for pipe-doctors
Mehdi Farshad (Author)
9781856174961, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 21 August 2006
224 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.55 kg
Industrial and domestic piping is increasingly made from various plastics and composites, and these materials withstand heavy use over long periods. They are, however, affected by environmental and other factors over time and can degrade, causing major problems within piping systems. Farshad's book deals with why plastic pipes and systems fail, and with how to investigate and diagnose such failures. Pipes may buckle, fracture, change in dimensions and colour, blister and delaminate, corrode through stress, be abraded and obstructed: all these cause problems and lead to loss of efficient operation of a system. The author's experience is backed up by a large data-base of results
Chapter 1: Plastic pipe systems Chapter 2: Failure investigation of plastic pipes Chapter 3: Fracture of plastic pipes Chapter 4: Buckling of plastic pipes Chapter 5: Weathering, color, and dimensional changes Chapter 6: Voids, blisters, and delaminations Chapter 7: Fatigue, corrosion, and wear Chapter 8: Clogging of the pipe system Chapter 9: The knowledge base of an expert system for failure diagnosis Glossary of terms and definitions Bibliography Index
Subject Areas: Structural engineering [TNC], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP]
