Design of grp flanges and tests to verify the design and to determine long-term properties of grp pipes (GRP DESIGN & TESTS)

Objective

It is estimated that the European flange market is worth 25 MEuro per year and that there are several hundred thousand composite flanges in operation. In contrast to the precision of standards available for pipes the currently still valid national standards either do not make any reference to flanges, or they us every vague sentences such as "the joints made using flanges must have a strength equal to that of the pipes" and do not take into account the real properties of the material. An increase in the reliability of flanged joints expected by the research work will contribute to a significant reduction in the number of shutdowns of processes for maintenance or repairs. In the case of chemical industry that handles dangerous and environmentally hazardous products, there will be an increase in the safety of the operating system and a consequential reduction in the probability of the occurrence of leakage.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-6. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : Measurements and Testing

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

COMTEC FORSCHUNGS- UND ENTWICKLUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT FUER VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE MBH

Address

8,Feldchen 8
52070 Aachen
Germany

Participants (11)

CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES MECANIQUES

France

Address

Route De La Joneliere 74
44076 Nantes

FUTURE PIPE INDUSTRIES B.V.

Netherlands

Address

J.c. Kellerlaan 3
7770 AG Hardenberg

INSTITUTE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL MANGEMENT

Portugal

Address

Rua Do Barroco, 174/214
4465-591 Sao Mamede De Infesta

KIWA NV - KEURINGSINSTITUUT VOOR WATERLEIDINGARTIKELEN

Netherlands

Address

7,Sir W. Churchill-laan 273
2280 AB Rijswijk Zh

NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO

Netherlands

Address

Schoemakerstraat 97
2628 VK Delft

PIPELINE DEVELOPMENTS LTD

United Kingdom

Address

Waterfront Quay 51 Salford Quays
M5 2XW Salford

SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS TESTING AND RESEARCH

Switzerland

Address

Ueberlandstrasse 129
8600 Duebendorf

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLAUSTHAL

Germany

Address

Agricolastrasse 6
38678 Clausthal-zellerfeld

UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON

United Kingdom

Address

Longbridge Road
RM8 2AS Dagenham

VETRORESINA ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT S.R.L.

Italy

Address

Via Blanco 8
96010 Buccheri

VIDROPOL - ESTRATIFICADOS DE FIBRA DE VIDROSA

Portugal

Address

Rua Augusto Nogueira Da Silva, 1970
4472 Santa Maria De Avioso