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- Title
Analysis of Premature Failure of a PVC Water Pipe.
- Authors
Espejo, Edgar
- Abstract
A case study of the failure analysis of a PVC drinking water pipeline is presented. One week after installation in a construction zone of a building, a longitudinal cracking, and pressure drop occurred in an underground pipeline, and an investigation was carried out to determine the causes of the event. Based on the results of visual inspection, dimensional metrology, plastography, microhardness, fractography, FTIR analysis, and stress analysis, the failure mechanisms of the pipe were identified as creep and slow crack growth. The cause of the development of these failure mechanisms was the exposure of the pipe, to a mixture of paint thinner and polyurethane paint, which generated plasticization, with the corresponding deterioration of the mechanical properties. The source of the plasticizer could have been an accidental spill or an incorrect final disposition of this chemical residue during the construction process of the building.
- Subjects
STRAINS &; stresses (Mechanics); FAILURE analysis; POLYVINYL chloride pipe; FRACTURE mechanics; DRINKING water analysis; PLASTICIZERS; CREEP (Materials)
- Publication
Journal of Failure Analysis & Prevention, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 4, p1491
- ISSN
1547-7029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11668-023-01699-4