On the mechanical performance of glass-fibre-reinforced thermosetting-resin pipes: A review

A comprehensive review is conducted on the performed investigations in the field of mechanical behaviour of glass-fibre reinforced thermosetting-resin (GFRP) pipes. Classified into six categories of stress/strain analysis, failure evaluation, environmental issues, viscoelastic behaviour and creep analysis, fatigue analysis and impact analysis, the main streamline of the performed and on-going studies in current years have been outlined. The recent trend and challenges in conducted researches are highlighted and discussed. Performing a gap analysis, new perspectives which are still required to be developed more deeply for their industrial applications or have not been addressed in literature are nominated. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.