Investigating the effect of different variables on the strength of the electro fusion welded polyethylene pipes

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Alireza Araghi ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری، گروه مهندسی متالورژی و مواد، دانشکده مهندسی شیمی و مواد، واحد شیراز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی)
Amin Akhbarizadeh ² (دکتری، گروه مهندسی متالورژی و مواد، دانشکده مهندسی شیمی و مواد، واحد شیراز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی)
Mohamadhosein Paydar ³ (دکترا، گروه مهندسی متالورژی و مواد، دانشکده مهندسی، دانشگاه شیراز)

Received: 2016-04-03 Accepted : 2016-04-03 Published : 2017-02-19

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