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fibreglass v steel pipe heat conductivity
Hi all, I would love to have some assistance. At work we manufacture supply steel piping for district heating. Recently we have shown an interest in a pipe made from thermo setting resin with glass fibres. I have been asked to compare the thermal conductivity of the thermo set pipe with our...- bencpv
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- Forum: Heat Transfer & Thermodynamics engineering
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Creating spiral/helix of holes in a part (in Inventor)
Can anyone help? i am trying to create sizing die for plastic extrusion. The die is basically an open cylinder with grooves (at a pitch/spacing of 6.35mm) running along the interior face. There are also holes in a six-start spiral pattern running along the length (to create a vacuum whilst...- bencpv
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- Forum: Autodesk: Inventor
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insulated pipe heat loss
hi, I wonder if anyone can help me..... I have been tasked to find out the heat loss of buried insulated pipework. I have spent ages looking online for help in this and managed to find an equation (attached) that takes into consideration the service pipe, insulation, and jacket pipe. In my...- bencpv
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- Forum: Heat Transfer & Thermodynamics engineering
