Best/Good Practice Guides (BPG/GPG) for composites acmc_logo

 

Bridges [1]   Cure monitoring [2]   Defects and
variability [3]		   Deformation
and damage [4]
Design [5]   Design tools [6]  Energy use
in processing [7]
   Fatigue [8]  Fire performance [9]
Joining [10]   Machining [11]  Moisture [12]  Mould tools [13]
Non-destructive
testing (NDT) [14]		   Non-destructive
testing (NDT) [15]		  Qualification [16]   Repair [17]
Repair [18]   Residual stress [19]   Sustainability [20]  Tensile Testing [21]
   Thermal analysis [22]   Three-dimensional
FRP composites [23]		   
The above list is intended to be comprehensive for composites, but not extensive
e.g. polymers and adhesives are not included unless the guide is specific to use with composites.
See the Complete list of National Physical Laboratory GPG for a wider range of resources.

References

  1. JT Mottram and J Henderson (editors), Fibre-reinforced polymer bridges – guidance for designers, CIRIA, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-86017-794-4.
  2. MJ Lodeiro and WR Broughton, Cure monitoring techniques for polymer composites, adhesives and coatings, National Physical Laboratory Good Practice Guide (GPG75), 2005.
  3. KD Potter, Understanding the origins of defects and variability in composites manufacture, 17th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-17), Edinburgh, 27-31 July 2009.
  4. WR Broughton, MRL Gower, MJ Lodeiro and RM Shaw, Monitoring deformation and damage in fibre-reinforced plastics, National Physical Laboratory Good Practice Guide (GPG123), 2012.
  5. M Meunier and S Knibbs, Design tools for fibre reinforced polymer structures, National Composites Network Best Practice Guide, no date, accessed 22 August 2023.
  6. S Beckwith, Designing with Composites: suggested “Best Practices” rules, accessed 22 August 2023.
  7. Anon., Low energy plastics processing: Reduced Energy Consumption In Plastics Engineering (RECIPE) - European Best Practice Guide, Rapra Technology/British Plastics Federation/ASCAMM+/Danish Technological Institute/Pôle Européen de Plasturgie/CRIF-Wallonie/AIMPLAS/Fraunhofer Institut Chemische Technologie, October 2006.
  8. WR Broughton, MRL Gower, MJ Lodeiro and RM Shaw, Generation and assessment of fatigue data for fibre-reinforced plastics, National Physical Laboratory Good Practice Guide (GPG115), 2021.
  9. T Royle, N Keen and S Job, Fire performance of fibre-reinforced polymer composites, Composites UK Good Practice Guide, 2019.
  10. C Worrall, E Kellar and C Vacogne (edited by S Job), Joining of fibre-reinforced composites, Composites UK Limited, January 2020.
  11. A Davies, A Foreman, R Shaw and G Sims, Fibre reinforced plastic composites – machining of composites and specimen preparation, National Physical Laboratory Good Practice Guide (GPG38), 2002.
  12. BC Duncan and WR Broughton, Absorption and diffusion of moisture in polymeric materials, National Physical Laboratory Good Practice Guide (GPG102), 2023.
  13. N Keen, R Bland and S Job, Mould Tooling for fibre-reinforced polymer composites - a good practice guide, Composites UK/National Composites Centre, 13 July 2023.
  14. A Kapadia, Non-destructive testing of composite materials, National Composites Network Best Practice Guide, no date.
  15. Anon., Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) – Guidance Document: an introduction to NDT common methods supported by lead employer document: AA050 Issue 2, Rolls-Royce and British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, November 2015.
  16. M Gower and G Sims, Fibre-Reinforced plastic composites - qualification of composite materials, National Physical Laboratory Good Practice Guide (GPG64), 2003.
  17. S Halliwell, Repair of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) structures, National Composites Network, no date.
  18. D Johnson, M Blackburn and C Stewart, Management of engineered composite repairs: end user good practice guide, Energy Institute, London, 2021. ISBN 978-1-78725-300-1.
  19. A Turnbull, T Maxwell, S Pillai and J White, Residual stress in polymeric mouldings, National Physical Laboratory Good Practice Guide (GPG10), 1998.
  20. A Fitzgerald, S Parsons, M Forsyth, S Job and N Keen, The sustainability of fibre-reinforced polymer composites, Composites UK Limited Good Practice Guide, 2022.
  21. D Adams, Tabbing composite test specimens: when and why, High-Performance Composites, March 2011, 19(3).
  22. DR Mulligan, S Gnaniah and G Sims, Thermal Analysis Techniques for Composites and Adhesives (Second Edition), National Physical Laboratory Good Practice Guide (GPG 62), Teddington, 2000.
  23. M Poole and M Gower, Mechanical Characterisations of 3D fibre-reinforced plastic composites, National Physical Laboratory Good Practice Guide (GPG151), 2021.
Initial compilation coverted to webpage by John Summerscales on 24-Aug-2023 and updated on 11-Nov-2026 16:14.
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