Buried Pipe Design, 2nd Edition

Everything you need to design…install… replace and rehabilitate buried pipe systems
Put a single-volume treasury of underground piping solutions at your command! A one-of-a kind resource, Buried Pipe Design, Second Edition, identifies and explains every factor you must know to work competently and confidently with the subsurface infrastructure of distribution systems, including sewer lines, drain lines, water mains, gas lines, telephone and electrical conduits, culverts, oil lines, coal slurry lines, subway tunnels and heat distribution lines.
Within the pages of this acclaimed professional tool you’ll find space-age remedies for the aging, deteriorating piping beneath America’s cities – and learn how to design long-lived systems capable of delivering vital services and meeting new demands. This comprehensive, state-of-the-art resource shows you how to:
* Determine loads on buried pipes
* Understand pipe hydraulics
* Choose an installation design for buried gravity flow pipes
* Design for both rigid pipe and flexible pipe
* Select appropriate pipe for your application based on material properties
* Work within safety guidelines
* Handle soil issues, including pipe embedment and backfill
* Employ the powerful tool of finite element analysis (FEA)
* Adhere to current standards of the AWWA, ASTM, and other relevant standards organization
* Save time with actual design examples
* More!