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Axial Stress (MPa)<br />

Figure 3.4: Axial Stress versus P/L Ratio (two different materials)<br />

In order to show how effective the stress loading has been when tr<strong>an</strong>sferred from<br />

the steel substrate into the composite materials (i.e. Carbon or Glass epoxy composites),<br />

the graphical interpretation of the results is based on the ratio of hoop or axial notch<br />

with repair to the hoop or axial stress without repair, which is defined as the Pipeline<br />

Repair Index (PRI) against the ratio of length to thickness.<br />

There are a few reasons why PRI is import<strong>an</strong>t in this PhD study. At present, the<br />

minimum st<strong>an</strong>dard width of the woven fibres which is 300 mm (12 inches) has been<br />

used by m<strong>an</strong>y m<strong>an</strong>ufacturers in wet applications (Frost, 2008) for years. For a normal<br />

application, such as the overhead straight pipeline that is subjected to internal pressure<br />

only, it is not necessary to use a very wide fibre cloth wrapping which of course in a<br />

long term implication, may unnecessarily waste the expensive adhesive <strong>an</strong>d fibres if the<br />

defect is very small. Hence, there is a room for design optimisation in terms of using the<br />

right amount of composite in <strong>an</strong>y straight pipeline repair in the future. So far, there is no<br />

open literature or reference that discusses this matter or has provided <strong>an</strong>y specific<br />

equation.<br />

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60<br />

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50<br />

45<br />

40<br />

35<br />

30<br />

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20<br />

0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08<br />

P/L Ratio<br />

114<br />

W7 Glass/Epoxy<br />

W7 Carbon/Epoxy<br />

W40 Glass/Epoxy<br />

W40 Carbon/Epoxy<br />

W100 Glass/Epoxy<br />

W100 Carbon/Epoxy

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