Fiberglass Pipe Design, 2nd Ed. (M45)

Download or read book Fiberglass Pipe Design, 2nd Ed. (M45) written by AWWA Staff and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated from the 1996 edition, this manual provides water supply engineers and operators a single source for information about fiberglass pipe and fittings. New in this edition are the addition of metric equivalents; an expanded discussion of pipe mechanical properties with stress vs. strain curves; Buried Pipe Design chapter has expanded discussion of deflections caused by live loads and soil properties, a second method of determining pipe stiffness, and a new equation for pipe buckling; Guidelines for Underground Installation has additional information on soil backfill considerations and minimum trench width, new information on angularly deflected pipe joints, pressure testing, and a new section on trenching on slopes. (Replaces ISBN: 0-89867-889-7)