Benefits and Challenges of Fiber-Reinforced Composites

In this episode, industry veteran Dale Keeler, Associate Director at MTI, sits down with co-hosts Heather Allain and Marc Cook to discuss fiber-reinforced composites (FRP). The three chat about: fabrication methods; the types of fiber, resin and additives; differences in design standards and practices around the globe; how material properties used in design are determined and validated; inspection and life assessment techniques; flange design; and thermal shock.

 

Show notes

Public bookstore – Guide for Repair and Alteration of FRP Equipment: 

https://marketplace.mimeo.com/mtiglobal/product/e3fb7e600fb4423b9532394fd8e7ec7b

 

Members bookstore – Guide for Repair and Alteration of FRP Equipment:

https://marketplace.mimeo.com/mtiglobalMEMBERS/product/1868c1a40bd94e05be701ab394d89498

 

Embedded RFID Sensor Technology

https://www.mti-global.org/rfid-microsite/monitor-frp-vessel-integrity-with-rfid-sensors

 

Risk Based Inspection for FRP Tanks

https://access.mti-global.org/record/562?ln=en

 

Global FRP Standards Comparative Report

https://access.mti-global.org/record/337?ln=en

 

Accelerated Testing of FRP

https://access.mti-global.org/record/78?ln=en

 

Corrosion Chronicles is hosted by Heather Allain and Marc Cook.

Heather Allain is the Executive Director of Materials Technology Institute (MTI). She has been with the organization for 16 years and previously held an Associate Director position facilitating MTI’s Project work. Before MTI, she worked as a Materials Engineer at DuPont for 15 years, and has a BS in Materials Engineering from Rice University.

Marc Cook has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and an MS in Material Engineering from NC State. He has worked for Dow for 26 years and at a contracting company in Cincinnati for 3 years. His current role at Dow is leading the Technical Services Team for Ceramics and Refractory at Dow and providing materials engineering support to Dow’s Freeport, Texas site.

Disclaimer: Marc Cook is an employee of Dow but is speaking purely in a personal capacity and is not talking about or recommending Dow products.

 

Corrosion Chronicles is produced by Association Briefings.