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Brittle-Like Cracking of Plastic Pipe

Overview

Fast Facts

Project No. 98
Contract No. DTRS56-96-C-0002-006
Research Award Recipient General Physics Corporation
AOTR Empty Value
Researcher Contact Info General Physics Corp. 6700 Alexander Bell Dr. Columbia, MD 21046 Attn: John B. Vorderbrueggen

Financial and Status Data

Project Status Closed
Start Fiscal Year 1997 (10/01/1996)
End Fiscal Year 1998 (09/30/1998)
PHMSA $$ Budgeted $99,000.00

Main Objective

Project was intended to achieve the goal of maintaining the reliable and cost effective transportation of energy products through pipelines to the American public.

Public Abstract

Project was intended to achieve the goal of maintaining the reliable and cost effective transportation of energy products through pipelines to the American public. Outcome of the research was intended to be data analysis to ensure that plastic pipe installed in gas distribution systems, particularly piping installed to the requirement for a minimum hydrostatic strength at 140 degrees Farenheit, is still structurally sound. The outcome from this study, therefore, will be to provide information on the susceptibility to premature brittle-like fracture.