Heat transfer analysis and cure modelling of composite repairs for pipelines

摘要

This paper presents work conducted to develop numerical tool for heat transfer analysis and cure modelling for the accelerated curing of a composite pipeline repair system. Experimental work was conducted to measure the cure kinetics of the composite material. The measurements were fitted into a cure kinetic model which was subsequently implemented into a FE package through a user subroutine. Applications of the numerical tool to the design and analysis of heating configuration for curing the composite repair are also presented.