Section 11 Fibre reinforced plastics pressure vessels

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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Special Service Craft, July 2022 - Part 15 Piping Systems and Pressure Plant - Chapter 4 Pressure Plant - Section 11 Fibre reinforced plastics pressure vessels

Section 11 Fibre reinforced plastics pressure vessels

11.1 General

11.1.1 Pressure vessels may be constructed in fibre reinforced plastics provided the manufacturer is competent and suitably equipped for this purpose.

11.1.2 Pressure vessels are to be of standard design whose suitability has been established by fatigue and burst tests on a prototype.

11.2 Prototype testing

11.2.1 For the fatigue test the pressure shall be cycled from atmospheric to design pressure 100 000 times at the design temperature.

11.2.2 For the burst test the minimum bursting pressure shall be six times the design pressure.

11.3 Production hydraulic test

11.3.1 Vessels subject to internal pressure shall be hydraulically tested to not less than 1,5 times the design pressure.

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