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Index
Cover Page
Buried Pipe Design
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview
Soil Mechanics
Strength of Materials
Pipe Hydraulics
Water Systems
Wastewater Systems
Design for Value
References
Chapter 2 External Loads
Soil Pressure
Rigid pipe
Flexible pipe
Longitudinal Loading
Nonuniform bedding support
Differential settlement
Ground movement
Wheel Loading (Live Loads)
Boussinesq solution
Highway and railway loads
Aircraft loads
Minimum soil cover
Soil Subsidence
Loads due to Temperature Rise
Seismic Loads
Wave passage
Permanent ground deformation
Frost Loading
Loads due to Expansive Soils
Flotation
Soil wedge
Liquefaction
Soil bearing
Internal vacuum
References
Chapter 3 Design of Gravity Flow Pipes
Soils
Soil classes
Soil-pipe interaction
Embedment
Compacting techniques
Trench Width
Wheel loads
Water table
Soil particle migration
Voids in the embedment
Heavy equipment
Rigid Pipe Analysis
Three-edge bearing strength
Bedding factors and classifications
Installation design
Flexible Pipe Analysis
Installation design
Spangler’s Iowa formula
Use of the constrained soil modulus for flexible pipe design
Deflection lag and creep
Watkins’s soil-strain theory
Empirical method
Pipe Design Criteria
Performance limits
Safety factors
Parallel Pipes and Trenches
Rigid pipes
Safety factors
Parallel trench
Vertical trench walls
Sloped trench walls
Excavation
Analytical Methods for Predicting Performance of Buried Flexible Pipes
Introduction
Flexible pipe design and analysis
Methods for predicting pipe performance
Conclusions
Finite Element Methods
Introduction
A general description of FEA solutions for buried pipe
PIPE5 analysis procedure
Example applications
Summary and conclusions
References
Chapter 4 Design of Pressure Pipes
Pipe Wall Stresses and Strains
Hydrostatic pressure
Surge pressure
External loads
Combined loading
Longitudinal stresses
Design Bases
Rigid pipes
Flexible pipes
Cyclic life of plastics
Design procedure
Strains induced by combined loading in buried pressurized flexible pipe
Conclusions
Thrust restraint
Safety factors
References
Chapter 5 Rigid Pipe Products
Asbestos-Cement Pipe
Clay Pipe
Concrete Pipe
Prestressed concrete cylinder pipe
Reinforced concrete cylinder pipe
Reinforced concrete noncylinder pipe
Pretensioned concrete cylinder pipe
AWWA Design of Reinforced Concrete Pressure Pipe
Design procedure
Design procedure for rigid pipe (AWWA C300 and C302 types)
Design procedure for AWWA C303 type of pipe
Lined-cylinder pipe
Embedded-cylinder pipe
Indirect Methods
Three-Edge Bearing Design Criteria
The Direct Method
Design Strengths for Concrete Pipes
Soil-Pipe Interaction Design and Analysis (SPIDA)
References
Chapter 6 Steel and Ductile Iron Flexible Pipe Products
Steel Pipe
Corrugated steel pipes
Conclusions
Tests on spiral ribbed pipe
Tests on low stiffness ribbed steel pipe
Description of pipes tested
Test results
AISI Handbook
AWWA M11, Steel Pipe—A Guide for Design and Installation
Ductile Iron Pipe
Testing of ductile-iron pipe
Methods of design
Prequalification Testing of Pipes Used in Underground Heating Distribution Systems
Introduction
Test protocol
References
Chapter 7 Plastic Flexible Pipe Products
Thermoplastic Pipe Materials
Polyvinyl chloride
Long-term stress relaxation and strain limit testing of PVC pipes
Frozen-in stresses
PVC pressure pipe
Evaluation of PVC pipe performance
Conclusions
Polyethylene (PE) Pipes
Handling factor
Long-term ductility of polyethylene materials
The ESCR test
The HDB requirement for PE
The NCTL test
Structural performance of buried profile-wall HDPE pipe
Performance limits and preliminary design recommendations for profile-wall HDPE pipes
Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Pipes
Other Thermoplastic Pipes
Thermoset Plastic Pipe
Reinforced thermosetting resin pipe
References
Chapter 8 Pipe Installation and Trenchless Technology
Introduction
Transportation
Trenching
Dewatering
Pipe Installation
Making the Joint
Thrust Blocks. (See Chap. 4.)
Pipe-Zone Soil. (See Chaps. 2 and 3.)
Bedding and Backfill
Embedment Density
Safety Procedures for Construction and Related Activities
Introduction
Pipe storage
Shoring and bracing
Hard hats
Lifting
Safe distance
Ladders
Adequate means of trench exit
Edge of excavation
Falling tools
Keep open traffic lanes clear
Posting barricades and warning signs
Debris in excavation
Heavy rains or freezing weather
Cave-ins
Overhanging bank
Other utility lines
Protective clothing
Machines
Work breaks
Trenching machines
Blasting operations
Storing explosives
Working in confined spaces
Trenchless Technology
Introduction
Design of pipe liners
Bases for evaluation of liners
Liners in broken casings
Legal liability for performance
Testing of Insituform Pipes
Introduction
Procedure
Test 1
Results of test 1
Test 2
Results of test 2
Trenchless Technology Methods
Trenchless renewal methods
Trenchless construction methods (TCMs)
Microtunneling
Jacking forces
Joints
Major advantages
Major limitations
Components of microtunnel boring machine (MTBM)
Conclusions
References
Index
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