Composite materials, notably those reinforced with carbon or glass fibres, are increasingly utilised in engineering applications due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and durability. However, ...

ABB Vetco Gray has developed a unique approach to the MCI joining issue for its composite drilling riser design. Originally developed for the aerospace industry by Northrop Grumman and licensed to ABB ...

ABSTRACT To reduce the weight of aero structures, composite materials are combined with metallic parts. These multilayer materials are one-shot drilled during the assembly process. During drilling, ...

Advanced fiber-reinforced polymer composites offer new options for working on and completing deep wells that have high temperatures and pressures (HT-HP) and produce corrosive fluids, although proper ...

Norske Conoco AS and Kvaerner Oil Field Products AS have developed a high-pressure composite drilling riser for field demonstration, which they believe is the world's first. Partially sponsored by EU ...

Valaris expands offshore drilling operations with high-spec rigs, contract backlog management, and fleet optimization, ...

An update on the CMH-17 Sandwich Disbond Working Group’s sandwich SCB test and two additional sandwich composite fracture mechanics test methods under development.