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A Test Concept for Lifetime Prediction of Polyethylene Pressure Pipes

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The present paper describes the main elements of a novel concept for lifetime and safety assessment of polyethylene pressure pipes for arbitrary installation conditions based on modern methods of fracture mechanics. At the core of the proposed concept is the accelerated generation of so-called synthetic crack growth curves and corresponding material laws for crack growth initiation and slow crack growth for service-near temperature conditions without the use of stress cracking liquids.

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  1. Institute of Materials Science and Testing of Plastics, University of Leoben, Leoben, Austria

    Gerald Pinter & Reinhold W. Lang

  2. Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Leoben, Austria

    Reinhold W. Lang

  3. Agru Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Bad Hall, Austria

    Markus Haager

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Pinter, G., Lang, R. & Haager, M. A Test Concept for Lifetime Prediction of Polyethylene Pressure Pipes. Monatsh. Chem. 138, 347–355 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-007-0618-1

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