Plastic Pipe and Fittings: Past, Present, and Future
Editor(s): Thomas S. Walsh
Design—service life analysis for corrugated high density polyethylene piping for drainage applications; designing storm water chambers to meet AASHTO specifications; design and performance of plastic drainage pipes, and more.
Testing and Failure Analysis—stress cracking test method for corrugated high density polyethylene piping; qualification test method for high density polyethylene butt fusion joining; tensile testing of restrained joint PVC pipes; and failure analysis of plastic pipe and other hydraulic structures.
New Materials and Applications—discussions on Polyamide 11and Polyamide 12; and use of plastic tubing to replace cast iron piping in steam heating applications.
Installation—plastic pipes for trenchless applications; trenchless case history; calibration case study of installation loads on fusible PVC piping in directional drilling; and axial response of HDPE pipes in directional drilling installations.
Table of Contents
Bob Walker
James B. Goddard
Stanley A. Mruk
Stephen Boros
Ata Ciechanowski
White G. Jee
Michael Pluimer
Timothy J. McGrath, David Mailhot
R. W. I. Brachman
Brent J. Bass, Timothy J. McGrath, David Mailhot, Keng-Wit Lim
Tom Franzen, Craig Fisher, Shah Rahman
Amster Howard
John M. Kurdziel
Steve Sandstrum, Dudley Burwell, Steve McGriff, Jim Craig, Harvey Svetlik
Craig Fisher, Guido Quesada
Phillip A. Sharff, Simon C. Bellemare, Lisa M. Witmer
Michael D. Hayes, Michael L. Hanks, Frank E. Hagan, Dale Edwards, Don Duvall
Ray L. Hauser
Amster Howard
Frank Volgstadt
Richard Wolf
Igor Zhadanovsky
Larry J. Petroff
Steven B. Gross, Brenden Tippets
Richard (Bo) Botteicher, Samuel T. Ariaratnam
Ian D. Moore, Richard W. I. Brachman, John A. Cholewa, Abdul G. Chehab