Composite and steel-sleeve pipeline repair methods are put to the test

摘要

Last month, at Stress Engineering Services Inc.'s Houston testing center, a group of businessmen and engineers gathered to watch a series of stress tests performed on a new hybrid steel-composite repair system known as ComposiSleeve. These tests are in addition to several years' worth of data developed with the help of Stress Engineering Services Inc. on this new method of pipe repair, which is about to hit the pipeline industry.