Failure Analysis of GFRP Pipes Under Ring Loading Conditions : improving the long-term test and analysis

ISBN-13: 9783659215544 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 144 str.

Hugo Faria

Opis

Composite pipes present several advantages over metallic ones in many industrial applications. However, the lack of a comprehensive understanding of their failure in both short- and long-term scopes leads to over design, long and expensive certification tests. This work aims at evaluating the ability of numerical procedures to properly simulate composite pipe's behavior and so, promoting a discussion on incorporation of these analysis procedures on the development and test of these structures.

O autorze

Hugo Faria is, since 2003, researcher in the Composite Materials and Structures Research Unit at INEGI. He has been continuously conducting several pre-industrial product development projects and fundamental research projects. His main research interests are composites monitoring and process modelling in filament winding related applications.