The goal of this experimental study is to manufacture a bolted GFRP flange connection for composite pipes with high strength and performance. A mould was designed manufactured, which ensures the quality materials controls its surface grade. Based on ASME Boiler Pressure Vessel Code, Section X, fabricated using biaxial glass fibre braid polyester resin in vacuum infusion process. In addition, ma...

Introduction The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in carnivores is a ginglymoid (hinge) joint in which the preglenoid and postglenoid processes limit anteroposterior movements of the mandibular condyle, permitting almost exclusively rotation around a transverse axis (Becht, 1953; Maynard Smith & Savage, 1959; Noble, 1973; Freeman, 1979; Crompton, 1981). In contrast, the TMJ in anthropoid primates ...

In this paper, a self-adaptive flange is proposed for the wind turbine shrouded by a flanged diffuser to reduce the wind loads acting on the flanged diffuser at high wind velocities. The self-adaptive flange can maintain the advantages of the flanged diffuser at wind velocities lower than the rated velocity and reduce the wind loads acting on the diffuser and blades at higher wind velocities. N...

Joining of tubes to by means plastic deformation at ambient temperature allows one solve the main limitations produced necessity joining thin-walled low-to-medium diameter size made from materials that are not suitable be welded and/or have reduced contact interfaces. The new solution obtain permanent mechanical joints or pipes an accessory lightweight sheet metal flange subjected annular inden...

This paper presents a numerical investigation of two horizontally mounted four-lobed swirl pipes in terms of swirl induction effectiveness into flows passing through them. The swirl flows induced by the two swirl pipes have the potential to improve the efficiency of Clean-In-Place procedures in a closed processing system by local intensification of hydrodynamic impact on the internal pipe surfa...

Failures in cast iron water mains are more complex and diverse than is widely understood in the industry. This paper discusses the modes and causes of pipe failures that have been encountered during a three year investigation by the National Research Council Canada. In addition to corrosion, manufacturing defects, human error and unexpected levels of pipe loading all play a role in the large nu...