Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Engineering for Piping Systems
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9hr 30min
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Self paced
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Trusted by professionals
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Certification included
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Industry standard content
Why take this course?
This FRP and GRP piping course covers materials, manufacturing, qualification, ISO 14692, design, pipe-stress analysis, underground applications and failure behavior. It connects the differences from steel piping with the engineering decisions required for design, installation and review. This self-paced online course includes video lectures, and a completion certificate with PDH credits.
What you'll learn
After completing this course, you...
• have a fundamental understanding of the material and its behaviour,
• are familiar with the design of FRP pipes and joints,
• know methods for manufacturing of fiberglass products and their (dis)advantages,
• understand the qualification process for FRP products as per the ISO 14692,
• have a solid understanding of the design process and stress analysis of FRP systems.
• know the differences between steel and FRP and how this impacts pipe stress analysis,
• have seen and discussed a multitude of real• life failures, common issues and mitigation measures.
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1-year access
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By Industry Experts
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100% Online Course
About the course
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) piping, also called Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) piping, is a cost-effective alternative to corrosion prone metallic piping and non-reinforced thermoplastics. However, the design of FRP systems requires specific knowledge as there are fundamental differences compared to the design of steel piping.
This course teaches you all the fundamentals required to design and work with FRP piping systems. After this course you have a solid understanding of the material properties and behaviour for piping systems and you understand how this impacts designs. The engineering process is demonstrated, including pipe stress analysis. Also, a multitude of real-life field examples are discussed that illustrate critical aspects of FRP systems. In this course a great deal of attention is given to practical aspects of engineering FRP systems.
The course consists of 8 online courses based on video content.
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Self-Paced Course
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9hr 30min
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9.5 PDH Credits
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English
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SPC121
Meet your instructor
Dynaflow Research Group
Dynaflow Research Group is an engineering consultancy working across piping design and analysis, flow dynamics, vibration, FRP piping, pressure equipment and specialist engineering software. Its experience includes EN and ASME design rules for piping and pressure vessels, buried piping, water hammer, pulsation, dynamic stress assessment, vibration measurement, FEA tools, BOSfluids, BOSpulse, PV Elite and NozzlePRO workflows.
Who should attend this course
• Piping design engineers responsible for FRP systems• Pipe stress engineers analyzing FRP piping
• Materials engineers selecting or reviewing FRP piping materials
• Project engineers delivering FRP piping systems
• Installation engineers responsible for FRP piping construction
• Piping engineers moving from steel to FRP systems
Program & Details
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Module 1 - FRP Materials and Manufacturing
1. FRP Materials and manufacturing
2. Material specifications of FRP
3. Manufacturing methods of GRP
4. GRP Application
5. Material limitations
6. Market range
7. Applications of GRP -
Module 2 - GRP Material and Strength Properties
1. FRP Material properties
2. Bi-axial materials
3. Steel versus FRP
4. Short-term and long-term strength
5. Qualification
6. GRP qualification tests -
Module 3 - GRP Code: ISO 14692
1. GRP codes
2. Overview of GRP codes
3. Philosophies in GRP standards
4. Piping code ISO 14692 -
Module 4 - Design and Analysis for FRP Systems
1. Stress analysis of FRP systems
2. Pipe stress analysis
3. Constructing a stress envelope
4. Reducing material stress
5. Surge analysis and flange assessment
6. Surge analysis for FRP piping
7. Flange assessment -
Module 5 - Underground Applications of FRP
1. Buried FRP Piping
2. Pipe stress analysis
3. Ring strength calculations -
Module 6 - FRP Failure Theory & Product Qualification
1. Material failure theories
2. GRP material strength
3. Failure criteria
4. Ultimate Elastic Wall Stress
5. Material qualification
6. Full qualification
7. Regression
8. 1000 hrs survival test -
Module 7 - FRP Piping Failure Case Studies
1. FRP failure
2. Longitudinal vs. circumferential cracks
3. Joint strength and failure in FRP
4. Joint strength and failure
5. Flange failure
6. Failure due to design errors
7. Failure miscellaneous -
Module 8 - Pipe Stress Analysis
1. Introduction to Fiberglass engineering
2. Introduction to Modeling Session
3. Agenda to Fiberglass engineering
4. Configuration editor in Caesar II
5. Special execution Parameters
6. Pipe vendor Engineering Guide Data
7. Material Properties Input
8. Pipe vendor Engineering Guide Process
9. Pipe Stiffness Parameter Input
10. Stress Envelope Parameter Input
11. Pipe vendor input Hydrostatic Design Stress
12. Long-term Axial and Hoop Strength input
13. Modeling of Fittings
14. Pipe Support Span
15. Load case Set-up in ISO 14692
16. Interpretation of Results
17. Flange Check in Caesar II
18. Euler buckling for Aboveground Pipes
19. Shell Buckling
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