June 2017, Vol. 244, No. 6

Features

A Review of the State-of-the-Art in Composite Repair Technology

Over the past 25 years, the gas and liquid transmission pipeline industry has integrated composite repair systems into their integrity-management programs. In the early stages of this process, the composite repair technologies were rather limited; however, over the past decade there has been a proliferation of composite repair technologies introduced to the market. Their introduction has been accompanied by extensive research efforts funded by both operators and composite repair companies well in excess of $15 million. This has been an exciting season in the pipeline industry as we have witnessed a partnership between pipeline operators, technology companies, research organizations, and reg

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