Reinforced thermoplastic pipe (RTP), which basically consists of thermoplastic matrix and reinforced layers, has many advantages such as good flexibility, corrosion resistance and long service life. It has been used in oil and gas transportation pipeline industry for several decades, but generally has either low working pressure or small piping size which limits its application range. Recently, a new type of RTP with high design pressure of 6.9 MPa and large outside diameter of 490 mm was manufactured to substitute traditional metallic piping for long distance oil and gas transportation. In this paper, mechanical properties of such RTP, which is composed of four layers’ cross helically wound steel wires in the middle and two layers’ high density polyethylene (HDPE) inside and outside, are studied. Firstly, a multi-layer model was proposed to analyze the stress-strain relationship for the complex reinforcement structure considering the elasticity of both steel wires and HDPE. Further, an analytical procedure was developed to predict the short-term burst pressure (STBP) of high pressure RTP by taking the nonuniformity of reinforced steel wires into consideration. The practical position and nonuniformity of reinforced steel wires were measured by ultrasonic phased array technique. Then, short-term burst tests were conducted to validate the proposed model. Hoop strains at different internal pressures were measured and a good agreement with theoretical results was obtained, which verifies the effectiveness of the presented model. Finally, some differences of analytical and experimental techniques for STBP between normal RTP and RTP with large diameter and high design pressure were further discussed.
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ASME 2016 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference
July 17–21, 2016
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Pressure Vessels and Piping Division
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978-0-7918-5041-1
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Short-Term Burst Pressure of Large Diameter and High Pressure Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipe
Jianfeng Shi,
Jianfeng Shi
Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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Jinyang Zheng
Jinyang Zheng
Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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Xinyu Nie
Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
Jianfeng Shi
Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
Jinyang Zheng
Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
Paper No:
PVP2016-63491, V005T09A028; 9 pages
Published Online:
December 1, 2016
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Nie, X, Shi, J, & Zheng, J. "Short-Term Burst Pressure of Large Diameter and High Pressure Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipe." Proceedings of the ASME 2016 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. Volume 5: High-Pressure Technology; Rudy Scavuzzo Student Paper Symposium and 24th Annual Student Paper Competition; ASME Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnosis and Prognosis Division (NDPD); Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Creep Fatigue Workshop. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. July 17–21, 2016. V005T09A028. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2016-63491
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