Webinars
20 November 2024
NIC Webinar: Lessons Learnt from Non-Metallic Failure Investigations
Pipes for use in oil and gas extraction and transfer are increasingly being made from flexible high-pressure composite pipe such as Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipe and Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (RTP and TCP) and the Reinforced Thermoset Resin (RTR). Composites are damage tolerant, however, there are variabilities in production and in-service defects that can develop which can alter their performance. Most significant phenomena that affect composite performance are delamination (de- bonding), impact damage (localised), matrix cracking (overstress), weepage (leak), environmental ingress (swelling), thermal damage and lightning strike (de- bonding) and joints or repair applications. Failures occurs and 90% are reported to be related to joints. Understanding the causes of failures, their repair and rehabilitation are key to mitigating costly shut down and safety hazards.
A case study will be presented discussing the findings of one such failure pipeline and discussion will be held on mitigating such failures and TWI’s available supports.
Meet the team
Dr Farshad Salamat-Zadeh
Consultant and Technology Fellow - Polymer & Composite Technologies Group
Dr Farshad Salamat-Zadeh is a Technology Fellow, Chartered engineer and lead failure investigator of the non-metallics with 24 years of consultancy and project management experience. He has been dealing with all aspects of material engineering, joining and manufacturing issues related to oil and gas, automotive, aerospace, construction, medical and other industries. Dr Farshad is the chairman of ISO 14692-4 working group.
Dr Farshad has hands on experience with polymer processing, adhesive bonding and welding processes as well as product development, problem solving, diagnostic and forensic investigations. Dr Farshad is the TWI Business Development Manager in the MENA regions.