Effects of patch material on the adhesive in the repair of damaged pipes

Abstract

Pipes exposed to internal pressure are damaged due to the change in temperature and pressure. In the repair of these damaged pipes, adhesively bonded joints, which have been widely used in almost all kinds of fields in recent years, are used. Materials to be bonded in adhesively bonded joints may be of different types or the same type. Material choice has great importance in the repair of damaged pipe with adhesive because adhesives may exhibit different strength values in different materials. In this study, three different patching materials including composite, aluminum and steel were selected for the repair of damaged galvanized steel pipes, and how they would exhibit a mechanical behavior on the adhesive was investigated. Damages that had occurred in pipe installations exposed to internal pressure were bonded with a uniform adhesive and investigated numerically and experimentally. Therefore, cracks were formed in the galvanized pipes, and flat braided carbon fiber composite, aluminum and steel patches consisting of 7 (2 mm), 9 (2.6 mm) and 11 (3.2 mm) layers were bonded with two-component acrylic adhesives (DP810). Internal pressure was exerted to the repaired pipes, and the effects on the adhesive of patch material depending on the patch thickness, overlapping angles and overlapping length were investigated.