Testing for Long Life Performance Employing Short Term (Routine) Tests

The central issues are listed that affect the implementation of a short‐term test technique that is intended to make the routine quality checks of production of components in plastic pipes that are expected to have a service life of 50 to 60 years. It is concluded that, in view of the needs of industry for a short‐term quality control test procedure and in the absence of a viable alternative, there is much to recommend the adoption of fatigue as the basis of a production quality assurance system.