Concrete pressure pipe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

American Water Works Association.

Series:

AWWA manual ; M9.

AWWA manual ; M9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-pipes.

Pipe, Concrete.

Pressure vessels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Denver, Colo. : American Water Works Association, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Updated from the 1995 edition, this comprehensive operations manual explains the use of concrete pressure pipe in potable water service. Coverage includes types, manufacturing, hydraulics, design, external loads, support, installation, fittings and appurtenances, corrosion protection, maintenance, transportion, and storage.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Purpose and Scope""; ""2 Description of Concrete Pressure Pipe""; ""3 Hydraulics""; ""4 Surge Pressure""; ""5 External Loads""; ""6 Bedding and Backfilling""; ""7 Design of Reinforced Concrete Pressure Pipe""; ""8 Design of Fittings and Appurtenances""; ""9 Design of Thrust Restraints for Buried Pipe""; ""10 Design of Pipe on Piers""; ""11 Design of Subaqueous Installations""; ""12 Design Considerations for Corrosive Environments""; ""13 Transportation of Pipe""

""14 Installation by Trenching or Tunneling � Methods and Equipment""""15 Hydrostatic Testing and Disinfection of Mains""; ""16 Tapping Concrete Pressure Pipe""; ""17 Guide Specif ications for the Purchase and Installation of Concrete Pressure Pipe""; ""Index""; ""AWWA Manuals""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61300-071-5

1-61583-831-7

OCLC:

922966824