New approach of pipelines joining using fiber reinforced plastics composites

Abstract

Great thanking to almighty God for giving me the patience and ambitious and blessing me to complete this work. I would like to give my sincere thanks also to my supervisor, professor Dr. Elsadig Mahdi Saad for his supporting, encouraging and advising throughout the thesis preparation, and for his assisting and providing of all necessaries to carry out this work. Finally, yet importantly, I would like to express my thanks and appreciate to the workshop team at Qatar University, Mr. Sunith & Mr. Judith for their help in preparing the pipe samples, and to Eng. Mohamed Karim & Eng. Mohamed Gebril for their exceptional efforts and help in carrying out the experiments. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mechanical Characterization of AA 6061-T6 MIG Welded Aluminum Alloys Using a Robotic Arm

“…Light materials such as aluminum and aluminum alloys [1][2][3][4][5], composite materials [6][7][8][9][10], functionally graded materials [11], honeycomb sandwich panels [12] dominate light structure applications. Aluminum alloys have proven to be among the most suitable candidates for light structure applications due to their specific mechanical properties, revealed from the many research works carried out [13][14][15][16][17]. Aluminum alloys are extensively used in aerospace, railway transportation, energy storage tanks, and automotive applications.…”