PIPE JOINT, PIPE AND METHOD OF JOINING PIPE SECTIONS

摘要

A pipe joint 24 and elongated cementitious pipe is formed by joining abutting ends 43, 44 of adjacent pipe sections 5,6 with a fiber reinforced composite material 28 without the need for the pipe sections to have other connection means, such as the standard bell and spigot end connections. Also disclosed is a cementitious pipe including at least two cementitious pipe sections 5, 6 having ends that are joined together with a fiber reinforced polymer composite material 28. The cementitious pipe sections 5, 6 and resulting cementitious pipe may have a substantially uniform wall thickness and substantially uniform inner and outer diameters 20, 22 near the opposite ends of the pipe sections. Also provided is a method for joining cementitious pipe sections with a fiber reinforced composite material 28 to manufacture an elongated cementitious pipe, such as an elongated concrete pipe.