Process for manufacturing a variable stiffness line and associated element

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PATENT NO 5447390
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07980796

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A process for manufacturing a line of variable stiffness over part of the length thereof and the associated element which allows the line to have the variable stiffness thereof is disclosed. The element is integrated during the manufacturing of the line or deposited thereafter around the line; the element consists of composite material underlayers in which the directions of the fibers have at least one component making a zero or a low-value angle with the axis of the pipe, and the layers end in a graded way. The process has application to the manufacturing of a riser base.

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INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE92502 RUEIL-MALMAISON
AEROSPATIALEF-75781 PARIS CÉDEX 16

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Auberon, Marcel Le Haillan, FR 15 187
Metivaud, Guy Talence, FR 6 26
Odru, Pierre Fontenay Sous Bois, FR 15 299
Sparks, Charles Le Vesinet, FR 10 181

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