Welding plastic is a critically important part of everyday engineering—especially for preventing leaks in underground water ...

Millions of miles of aging water, wastewater and natural gas pipelines across the nation are at growing risk of failure, posing significant environmental, safety and financial challenges. Repairing ...

Fiber architecture, using continuous and chopped glass, mimics an I-beam for axial strength, without the need for axial or helical fibers. Improved glass sizing and toughened resin result in greater ...

Polyethylene (PE) has revolutionized low-pressure pipe system design on a global basis and is testimony to PE's unique combination of properties, which have driven the replacement of traditional pipe ...

Seoul National University of Science and Technology researchers have developed a probabilistic method to ...

Jim M. Craig, an expert engineer in the plastic pipe industry, died Nov. 7 from complications related to COVID-19. He was 75. Craig worked for 40 years at Tulsa, Okla.-based McElroy Manufacturing Inc.

Drill pipe is hollow, thick-walled piping that transmits drilling fluid and torque through the wellbore to the drill bit on a drilling rig. It is manufactured to withstand severe internal and external ...

A revived pipeline proposal advances after years of permit setbacks, as regulators now cite new technical findings on sediment disturbance, burial depth and marine impacts.