Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- The lock bar pipe, an Australian invention - a global success
- In
- From the Past to the Future: 18th Australian Engineering Heritage Conference 2015 [Newcastle]
- Imprint
- Engineers Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2015, pp. 101-107
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781922107435
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.696970420328702
- Abstract
The late 19th Century Australian invention of the lock bar method of making large steel pipes for water and gas supply quickly spread around the Globe. This was because, unlike riveted pipes, lock bar pipes utilized the full strength of the steel used for making pipes. This allowed thinner steel plate to be use. In addition, the pipes had better hydraulic characteristics than riveted pipes giving them a 25% greater capacity for the same diameter.
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- From the Past to the Future: 18th Australian Engineering Heritage Conference 2015 [Newcastle] (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Engineers Australia, 2015), 230 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.9781922107435. Details