Prediction of the remaining lifetime of polyethylene pipes after up to 30 years in use A Frank, G Pinter, RW Lang Polymer Testing 28 (7), 737-745, 2009 | 196 | 2009 |
A fracture mechanics concept for the accelerated characterization of creep crack growth in PE-HD pipe grades A Frank, W Freimann, G Pinter, RW Lang Engineering Fracture Mechanics 76 (18), 2780-2787, 2009 | 124 | 2009 |
A numerical methodology for lifetime estimation of HDPE pressure pipes P Hutař, M Ševčík, L Náhlík, G Pinter, A Frank, I Mitev Engineering fracture mechanics 78 (17), 3049-3058, 2011 | 114 | 2011 |
Evaluation of the applicability of the cracked round bar test as standardized PE-pipe ranking tool A Frank, G Pinter Polymer Testing 33, 161-171, 2014 | 78 | 2014 |
Fracture mechanics lifetime prediction of polyethylene pipes A Frank, FJ Arbeiter, IJ Berger, P Hutař, L Náhlík, G Pinter Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice 10 (1), 04018030, 2019 | 54 | 2019 |
Numerical assessment of PE 80 and PE 100 pipe lifetime based on Paris‐Erdogan equation A Frank, P Hutař, G Pinter Macromolecular Symposia 311 (1), 112-121, 2012 | 54 | 2012 |
Determination of slow crack growth behaviour of polyethylene pressure pipes with cracked round bar test TR Kratochvilla, A Frank, G Pinter Polymer Testing 40, 299-303, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
Residual stress in polyethylene pipes J Poduška, P Hutař, J Kučera, A Frank, J Sadílek, G Pinter, L Náhlík Polymer Testing 54, 288-295, 2016 | 45 | 2016 |
Cyclic tests on cracked round bars as a quick tool to assess the long term behaviour of thermoplastics and elastomers F Arbeiter, B Schrittesser, A Frank, M Berer, G Pinter Polymer Testing 45, 83-92, 2015 | 45 | 2015 |
The effect of residual stress on polymer pipe lifetime P Hutař, M Ševčík, A Frank, L Náhlík, J Kučera, G Pinter Engineering Fracture Mechanics 108, 98-108, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
Accelerated aging of polyethylene pipe grades in aqueous chlorine dioxide at constant concentration M Bredács, A Frank, A Bastero, A Stolarz, G Pinter Polymer Degradation and Stability 157, 80-89, 2018 | 40 | 2018 |
Prediction of polyethylene density from FTIR and Raman spectroscopy using multivariate data analysis M Bredács, C Barretta, LF Castillon, A Frank, G Oreski, G Pinter, ... Polymer Testing 104, 107406, 2021 | 39 | 2021 |
Fracture mechanics based lifetime assessment and long-term failure behavior of polyethylene pressure pipes A Frank | 35 | 2010 |
Investigation of slow crack growth initiation in polyethylene pipe grades with accelerated cyclic tests A Redhead, A Frank, G Pinter Engineering Fracture Mechanics 101, 2-9, 2013 | 30 | 2013 |
Accelerated tests for lifetime prediction of PE‐HD pipe grades E Nezbedová, G Pinter, A Frank, P Hutař, J Poduška, J Hodan Macromolecular Symposia 373 (1), 1600096, 2017 | 20 | 2017 |
Characterisation of quasi-brittle fatigue crack growth in pipe grade polypropylene block copolymer F Arbeiter, G Pinter, A Frank Polymer testing 37, 186-192, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
Effect of polyethylene and polypropylene cross-contamination on slow crack growth resistance M Messiha, A Frank, T Koch, F Arbeiter, G Pinter International journal of polymer analysis and characterization 25 (8), 649-666, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
Lifetime prediction of PE100 and PE100-RC pipes based on slow crack growth resistance A Frank, IJ Berger, F Arbeiter, P Hutař, G Pinter Plastic Pipes Conference PPXVIII, Berlin, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
Device for machining the ends of pipes A Frank US Patent 6,968,761, 2005 | 15 | 2005 |
Analysis of molecular and morphological effects on slow crack growth in modern PE pipe grades by cyclic fracture mechanics tests A Redhead, G Pinter, A Frank Macromolecular Symposia 311 (1), 41-48, 2012 | 14 | 2012 |