- Author
- Goldfein, S.
- Title
- Predicting Long Term Performance of Plastic Pipe. Final Report. October-December 1974.
- Coporate
- Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command, Fort Belvoir, VA
- Report
- 01901-20PMMR, December 1974, 40 p.
- Keywords
- plastic pipes | thermoplastics
- Identifiers
- extruded plastic pipe; mechanical-chemical equaiton of state
- Abstract
- The investigation was undertaken to demonstrate the application of a mechanical-chemical equation of state to the solution of the problem of predicting long-term performance of plastic pipe. The equation of state is described and its application to Sclairpipe is made. The latter is extruded from a copolymer of ethylene and butene. Pitfalls in the use of experimental data are described and a method shown by which data can be examined for validity. Comparisons are drawn between this method and presently used ASTM and European methods.