Industrial environments require robust materials capable of withstanding extreme mechanical stress, high temperatures, corrosive exposure, and other harsh environmental conditions without failure. While the bulk of synthetic fibers invented over the last century have seen disparate and diverse applications, polypropylene cordage has become a keystone material to commercial shipping, deep-sea fishery, civil engineering and heavy…

Integrity of the network of underground pipelines literally makes the backbone of the contemporary industrial civilization in terms of providing the crucial resources over the large areas of sometimes harsh terrain. As regards the installation of pipes through rough and abrasive soils, the main problem for the integrity of the protection layer of fusion bonded…