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Offshore Standard DNV-<strong>OS</strong>-<strong>C501</strong>, November 2013<br />

Sec.4 Materials - laminates – Page 66<br />

8.4.2 The test methods described in App.C should be preferred.<br />

8.5 Representative data<br />

8.5.1 If a sufficient number of direct measurements is available, data may be used to establish a set of<br />

representative data for a material property. To be considered representative, data should be based on at least 15<br />

measurements per property. Other materials can be compared against the representative data as described in<br />

[8.6].<br />

8.5.2 Representative data are most useful if they can be used for a fairly wide range of materials. This will also<br />

allow to pool data of different properties that were obtained from slightly different materials. Requirements for<br />

to the individual materials that can be put into one group of representative data are given in Table 4-10:<br />

Table 4-10 Processing characteristics of the set of representative data<br />

Constituent materials:<br />

Requirements to group measurements from different<br />

laminates<br />

Generic Fibre type<br />

same for all tests<br />

Bundle type<br />

same trade name*<br />

Fibre trade name<br />

same trade name*<br />

Type of weave<br />

same trade name*<br />

Type of sizing<br />

same trade name*<br />

Fibre Manufacturer<br />

same for all tests<br />

Weaver<br />

same for all tests<br />

Fabric trade name and batch number<br />

same trade name<br />

Generic resin type (e.g. epoxy, polyester)<br />

same for all tests<br />

Specific resin type (trade name, batch number)<br />

same trade name*<br />

Catalyst (trade name and batch number)<br />

same trade name*<br />

Accelerator (trade name and batch number)<br />

same trade name*<br />

Fillers (trade name and batch number)<br />

same trade name*<br />

Additives (trade name and batch number)<br />

Process parameters:<br />

Laminator (company)<br />

Processing method<br />

Processing temperature<br />

Processing pressure<br />

Process atmosphere (e.g. vacuum)<br />

Post curing (temperature and time)<br />

Control of fibre orientation<br />

Fibre volume fraction<br />

Void content<br />

Conditioning parametersto be given with exposure time:<br />

Temperature<br />

Water content of the laminate (wet, dry)<br />

Chemical environment<br />

Loading rate<br />

same trade name*<br />

not relevant<br />

same for all tests<br />

maximum from all tests<br />

maximum from all tests<br />

minimum from all tests<br />

maximum from all tests<br />

best from all tests<br />

maximum from all tests<br />

minimum from all tests<br />

minimum from all tests<br />

same for all tests<br />

same for all tests<br />

same for all tests<br />

Number of specimens<br />

* a wider range may be chosen if data are the minimum of a wide variety of products.<br />

8.5.3 Examples of representative data are given in Appendices F, G, H and I.<br />

8.6 Qualification against representative data<br />

Reported individually for all properties<br />

8.6.1 It is only necessary to qualify data that are needed in the design analysis and failure criteria.<br />

8.6.2 A property of a laminate may be qualified against representative data if certain requirements are met for<br />

fibres, matrix and sizing:<br />

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