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Predictive Analysis of the Influence of a Polypropylene-Talc Composite Layer on the Ring Stiffness of a Multilayer Plastic Pipe

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The ring stiffness of a multilayer sewage pipe reinforced with a composite polypropylene-talc layer, was investigated. The ring stiffnesses of plain and multilayer polypropylene pipes were determined experimentally and analyzed analytically. A finite-element model was developed to predict the ring stiffness of different multilayer pipe configurations as a function of layer thicknesses and talc content in the composite layer. The results obtained well agreed with experimental data.

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The authors would like to thank the E3M research team within IUT-Saint Nazaire, France for their support.

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  1. Équipe MMC, CRSI, Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering, Roumieh, El-Metn, Lebanon

    H. Khoury Moussa & G. Challita

  2. Advanced Plastic Industries – API company, Dbayeh highway, Seaside road, El-Metn, Dbayeh, Lebanon

    W. Yared & M. Abi Rizk

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 1065-1078, November-December, 2021. Russian DOI: 10.22364/mkm.57.6.03.

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Moussa, H.K., Challita, G., Yared, W. et al. Predictive Analysis of the Influence of a Polypropylene-Talc Composite Layer on the Ring Stiffness of a Multilayer Plastic Pipe. Mech Compos Mater 57, 749–758 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-022-09996-z

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