Comparative Analysis of The Bursting Behavior On A PVC-C Tube DN 50 PN 25 With Both Circumferential and Longitudinal Defect

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Comparative analysis of the bursting behavior on

a PVC-C tube DN 50 PN 25 with both
circumferential and longitudinal defect
Mohamed SAFE1 Zineb AZIF2 Jilali Nataj2 , Mohamed EL GHORBA2
1
laboratoire de contrle et de caractrisation mcanique des matriaux et des structures, ENSEM Casablanca, Morocco.
1laboratoire de contrle et de caractrisation mcanique des matriaux et des structures, ENSEM Casablanca, Morocco..
ABSTRACT
The PVC-C pipes are increasingly used in industry, particularly in the supply and distribution pipes of hot and cold water,
because of the quality of their mechanical properties at high temperatures and their corrosion resistance. Throughout the life
cycle of these materials, they are potentially subject to various attacks directly impacting their original mechanical
characteristics; therefore a re-estimation of their residual life would be required under the predictive maintenance strategies.
This article is an experimental comparison between two failure modes of a PVC-C DN50 PN25 pipe under burst pressure due to
a circumferential and a longitudinal defect. We chose to materialize the defects as a groove machinated on a lathe to control
and increment the different depth of the failure. This will give to the maintenance services concrete results confirming that the
longitudinal defect on a PVC-C pipe is more dangerous than a circumferential one. Keywords: PVC-C, circumferential groove,
longitudinal groove, bursting pressure, crack propagation, critical depth.
1. INTRODUCTION
Polyvinyl chloride is a widely used polymer, amorphous or poorly crystalline, main representative of the chloropolymer
family. Its made from two materials: 57% of sea salt (NaCl) and 43% of petrol. it is the only plastics material
constituted by more than 50% of mineral raw material [1]. Rigid PVC is used primarily for making profiles and pipes
by extrusion. Soft PVC or plasticized PVC is manly used in clothes and tapestry industry. The interest of PVC-C
(chlorinated PVC) is in its heat resistance: with high chlorine levels, it does not deform like PVC in boiling water; this
is a known quality which finds its application in the manufacture of plumbing tubes. Outfits sufficiently high
temperatures are obtained for neighboring chlorine content of 65% (PVC chlorine rate is 56.5%) [1]. PVC-C pipes
manufacturers and design offices, generally evaluate these materials lifetime to 50 years, but during the storage process,
installation and even during operation, some notches (groove for example) can occurs and be dangerous from a certain
depth (critical) from which the crack propagation becomes brutal and unpredictable even under operating pressures. In
this paper we chose to study a groove (as harmful model) 5mm wide, on the circumference of a diameter 50 mmm tube
and 5.6 mm thick, by varying each time, according to its depth a 0.5 mm and 0.25 mm (see figure 2 and 4).
2. EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY
2.1 REALIZATION OF TEST SPECIMENS
2.1.1 Blank specimens:
Blank samples used are prepared according to EN ISO 15877: Plastic piping system for hot water systems and cold
water chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (PVC-C) [2].
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Table 1: the dimensional characteristics of virgin specimens

Quantit
y
3 tubes
External diameter
Internal diameter
Thickness
Length
50 mm
38.8 mm
5.6 mm
400 mm
Figure 1: Preperation of virgin specimens.

2.1.2 Specimens with circumferential groove:
The modeling of the damage is to provide a circumferential groove 5mm width and variable depth of 0.75 to 3.5 mm
with a pitch of 0.25 mm and 3.5 mm to 5 mm with a step 0,5mm.
A number of damaged specimens is 15 test pieces with groove at different depths.
The grooves was machined in a lathe with a grooving tool of 5mm width.
Figure 2: PVC-C specimens with circumferential groove at different depths.
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Figure 3: Machining of specimens with circumferential groove.

2.1.3 Specimens with longitudinal groove:
As the last section, we modeled a longitudinal groove default on circumference of 5 test tubes of PVC-C PN25, 5mm in
width, 100 mm in length and in defect depth which varies from 1 to 3.5 mm with pitch of 1 mm.
Figure 4 : Preparation of PVC-C specimens with longitudinal groove.

2.1.4 CHARACTERIZATION:
The characterization is to put under static pressure at controlled speeds bursting up the specimens in a test bed
equipped with a hydraulic pump and a digital indicator with two displays: instantaneous pressure and ultimate pressure
rupture.
Figure 4 shows the test bench with accessories for measurement and control of various parameters.
The test pieces are immersed in a water bath under an ambient temperature of 23 C.
Both extremities of every test tube are fixed by two mandrels; the mandrel is connected with a pump bath test
membrane by a high pressure flexible.
For safety reasons, the test tubes are submerged in the water bath under ambient temperature before setting the
pressure.
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Figure 5 : Bath water hydrostatic .
Figure 6 : Presentation of specimens montage.
3. RESULTS
3.1.1 BURST PRESSURE AS A FUNCTION OF THE FRACTION OF LIFE a/e
3.1.1.1 Circumferential groove damage:
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Figure 7: Evolution of the burst pressure (Pe) according to the fraction of life (a/e).
3.1.1.2 Longitudinal groove damage:
Figure 8: Evolution of the burst pressure (Pe) by the fraction of life (a/e)
3.1.2 BURST PRESSURE DROP RATE ACCORDING TO THE FRACTION OF LIFE a/e
3.1.2.1 Circumferential groove default:
Figure 9: Presentation of burst pressure drop rate as a function of the fraction of life (a/e).
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3.1.2.2 Longitudinal groove default:
Figure 10: Presentation of burst pressure drop rate as a function of the fraction of life (a/e).
4. DISCUSSION / ANALYSIS:
In the first case of circumferential groove,the bursting pressure falls slowly to the depth of 3.5mm for which the
pressure drops suddenly (see figure 7).
For the second case which corresponds to a longitudinal groove, the pressure drop is gradual with the decreasing of the
grooves until a depth of 3 mm where the pressure drop is sligthly accentuated.(see figure 8).
This is clearly represented in figures 9 and 10 illustraing the pressure drop rate in function of the fraction of life for
both cases.
The critical depth of a circumferential groove is 3.5mm more than the critical depth of a longitudinal groove which is
3 mm for the same pipe in the same conditions.
This difference between the two cases is explained by the amount of radial stresses applied on a the longitudinal groove
are two times greater than those applied on the circumferential one.
5. DAMAGE CALCULATION
OF STATIC TEST ON
PVC-C SPECIMENS :
In this section we are interested in studying the static damage which describes the materials condition basically on the
increasing of the burst pressure. The static damage is obtained by the following relationship [3]:
Pur
Pu
Ds
P
1 a
Pu
1
On other hands the reliability is defined as the probability of the success and It varies as the opposite way of the
probability of failure or damage [4]:
R( ) D( ) 1
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5.1 Circumferential groove default:
Figure 11: Static Damages evolution as a function of the fraction of life.
Figure 12 : Reliabilitys evolution according to the fraction of life.
Stadium I
Stadium II
Stadium III
Figure 13 : Static Damage Static Reliability as a function of the fraction of life.
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5.2 Circumferential groove default:
Figure 14: Static Damages evolution as a function of fraction of life.
Figure 15 : Reliabilitys evolution as a function of fraction of life.
Stadium I
Stadium II
Stadium III
Figure 16: Static Damage Static Reliability according to the fraction of life.
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6. CONCLUSION
Experimental results of this work in particular on critical depth will allow users of PVC-C pipes to assess the
harmfulness of a burst pressure failure depending on the direction and the depth of the notch.
The critical depth of a default on a PVC-C pipe with a circumferential groove is more than a longitudinal one (3,5 mm
for the first and 3 mm for the second).
The static damage curves comparison shows that the evolution of damage is more pronounced on a tube with
longitudinal defect.
A longitudinal default on PVC-C pipes is more harmful than a circumferential one.
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[1]. Contribution lhistoire industrielle des polymres en France par Jean-Marie Michel.
[2]. Norme EN ISO 15877 : systme de canalisation en plastique pour les installations deau chaude et deau froide
polychlorure de vinyle chlor (PVC-C).
[3]. Mouhib.N. Ouaomar.H.,Lahlou. M. ElGhorba. M. Characterization of residual energy loss and Damage
Prediction of 7-wire stand extracted from a steel wire rope and subjected to a static test International Journal of
Research (IJR) e-ISSN: 2348-6848, p-ISSN:2348-795X.2015.
[4]. Fiabilit du systme par P.CHAPOUILLE et R.de PAZZIS.
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Volume 4, Issue 11, November 2016