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principal directions. Thus, Measurements Group (2000) suggests that when the<br />

directions of the principal strains are unknown, a rect<strong>an</strong>gular or delta rosette is always<br />

required <strong>an</strong>d the rosette c<strong>an</strong> be installed without regard to orientation.<br />

With respect to the above guidelines, Kh<strong>an</strong> <strong>an</strong>d Hsiao (1984) have used strain<br />

gauge rosettes to measure stress concentration in the intersection region of straight<br />

cylinder shells. Three element rosettes have been used in the immediate vicinity of the<br />

intersection region where appreciable values of shear stresses are expected. Two<br />

element rosettes or tee rosettes are used at locations which are not in the immediate<br />

vicinity of the intersection because before that they measure the magnitude of shear<br />

stresses which are small even around the intersection region.<br />

In the process of investigating the feasibility of extending onshore composite<br />

repair techniques to offshore risers by developing <strong>integrated</strong> <strong>an</strong>alytical <strong>an</strong>d experimental<br />

methods, Alex<strong>an</strong>der (2007a) installed tee strain rosettes on the flat bottomed notch steel<br />

pipe as well as on the outside of the repair. Under different series of tests, such as<br />

pressure test, pressure-tension test <strong>an</strong>d pressure-tension bending test, Alex<strong>an</strong>der (2007a)<br />

claims that the gauges which have provided the greatest information, relative to the<br />

perform<strong>an</strong>ce of the repair, are those located in the centre of the corrosion groove<br />

beneath the repair. Those gauges also indicate the level of reinforcement provided by<br />

the composite material in terms of load being tr<strong>an</strong>sferred from the steel to the composite<br />

material. However, the results are still sceptical because, according to Measurements<br />

Group (2000), for this type of application the rect<strong>an</strong>gular strain gauge (RSG) rosette is<br />

more suitable th<strong>an</strong> the tee rosette.<br />

In a current research study on a new bonding integrity of a composite repair<br />

system using the experimental approach, Murad et al. (2011) have made a preliminary<br />

study, firstly in terms of choosing the right type of strain gauges before carrying out the<br />

experiment. Based on the above <strong>an</strong>d other literature, RSG rosettes have been chosen<br />

since the experimental pipe specimen contains some irregularities such as notch <strong>an</strong>d<br />

welded joints. This method has shown the ability to evaluate the actual level of load<br />

tr<strong>an</strong>sfer despite being in the elastic region <strong>an</strong>d will be discussed further in the following<br />

chapters. Actually, other techniques such as the photo elastic method c<strong>an</strong> provide <strong>an</strong><br />

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