BS EN 13121-1:2003 PDF

BS EN 13121-1:2003 GRP tanks and vessels for use above ground. Design and workmanship BS EN 13121-1 is the European standard that gives the requirements for the design, fabrication, inspection, testing and verification of GRP tanks and vessels with or without thermoplastics lining for storage or processing of fluids, factory made or site built, non pressurised or pressurised up to 10 bar, for use above ground. Part 1 of this standard specifies the requirements and acceptance conditions for the raw materials - resins, curing agents, thermoplastics linings, reinforcing materials and additives. These requirements are necessary in order to establish the chemical resistance properties determined in Part 2 and the mechanical, thermal and design properties determined in Part 3. Together with the workmanship principles determined in Part 3, requirements and acceptance conditions for raw materials ensure that the tank or vessel will be able to meet its design requirements. Part 4 of this standard specifies recommendations for delivery, handling, installation and maintenance of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) tanks and vessels. The design and manufacture of GRP tanks and vessels involve a number of different materials such as resins, thermoplastics and reinforcing fibres and a number of different manufacturing methods. It is implicit that tanks and vessels conforming to this standard should be made only by manufacturers who are competent and suitably equipped to fulfil all requirements, using materials manufactured by competent and experienced material manufacturers. Metallic vessels, and those manufactured from other isotropic, homogeneous materials, are conveniently designed by calculating permissible loads based on measured tensile and ductility properties. GRP, on the other hand, is a laminar material, manufactured through the successive application of individual layers of reinforcement. As a result there are many possible combinations of...