Mar 13, 1993

The main purpose of this technical evaluation was to determine the cause of the SCBA aluminum liner hoop-wrapped fiber glass cylinder failure in Coram, NY

Key Words: hoop wrapped fiber glass, rupture, aluminium liner, SLC, sustain load crack, aluminum

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