Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, Recommended Guidelines for NDT of GRP pipe systems and

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No.: 055
4

Date effective: 01.03.97

Revision no:

Date revised:

Page: 9

DEFINITIONS
None

ABBREVIATIONS
NDE
NDT
GRP
DSC

non-destructive evaluation
non-destructive testing
Glass-fibre Reinforced Plastic materials
Differential Scanning Calorimetry

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Offshore Technology and Services A/S, 1990, Norway.
de Bruijn J.C.M., van den Ende C.A.M.: "GRP pipes are safer that steel ones",
Reinforced Plastics, February, 1996, pp. 40-42.
Winkel, J.D., "Maintenance and Cost Performance of GRP Piping at Ekofisk",
Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, Glasgow, June 20 -24,
1993.