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The New Ductile Iron Pipe Standards
Author(s) -
Kennedy Harold
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1976.tb02508.x
Subject(s) - spall , ductile iron , geotechnical engineering , forensic engineering , fracture (geology) , metallurgy , engineering , geology , materials science , structural engineering , cast iron
To revise ductile iron pipe standards, extensive tests were run in a Utah test cell. Loading pipe under various soil densities until cement‐lining spall or bell fracture occurred, the test team produced a series of equations for the new standards which incorporate substantial margins of safety.