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The third edition of Buried Pipe Design helps you analyze the performance of a wide range of pipes, so you can determine the proper pipe and installation system for the job.

Covering almost every type of rigid and flexible pipe, this unique reference identifies and describes factors involved in working with sewer and drain lines, water and gas mains, subway tunnels, culverts, oil and coal slurry lines, and telephone and electrical conduits. 

The book provides clear examples for designing new municipal drinking and wastewater systems or rehabilitating existing ones that will last for many years. Comprehensive in scope and meticulously detailed in content, this is the pipe design book you'll want for a reference.

What this 2008 edition includes:

• Important data on the newest pipe styles, including profile-wall polyethylene
• Updated references to ASTM, AWWA, and ASHTTO, standards
• Numerous examples of specific types of pipe system designs
• Safety precautions included in installation specifications
• Greater elaboration on trenchless technology methods
• New information on the cyclic life of PVC pressure pipe

Buried Pipe Design is the ideal information reference about

• External pipe loads
• Gravity flow pipe design
• Pressure pipe design
• Rigid pipe products
• Flexible steel pipe
• Flexible ductile iron pipe
• Flexible plastic pipe
• Pipe installation
• Trenchless pipe rehabilitation

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2. External Loads
Chapter 3. Design of Gravity Flow Pipes
Chapter 4. Design of Pressure Pipes
Chapter 5. Rigid Pipe Products
Chapter 6. Steel and Ductile Iron Flexible Pipe Products
Chapter 7. Plastic Flexible Pipe Products
Chapter 8. Pipe Installation and Trenchless Technology