Plastic Pipe and Fittings: Past, Present, and Future:

Content:
 Front Matter 
• Overview 
• Table of Contents 
•Part I. Historical Reviews 1. North America's Cinderella Pipe Story: A Look at PVC Pipes' Climb to the Top 
 2. A Brief History of the Development and Growth of the Corrugated Polyethylene Pipe Industry in North America 
 3. The Hydrostatic Stress Board of Plastics Pipe Institute: The First 50 Years 
 4. Long-Term Hydrostatic Strength and Design of Thermoplastic Piping Compounds 
 5. NSF 14: Shaping the Future of the Plastic Piping Industry 
 6. ASTM D 3350: A Historical and Current Perspective on a Standard Specification for Identification of Polyethylene Plastics Pipe and Fittings Materials 
•Part II. Design 7. A Service Life Assessment of Corrugated HDPE Drainage Pipe 
 8. Designing Stormwater Chambers to Meet AASHTO Specifications 
 9. Design and Performance of Plastic Drainage Pipes in Environmental Containment Facilities 
 10. Design Development of Large Thermoplastic Chambers for Stormwater Retention 
 11. Technical Considerations When Fabricating PVC Pressure Fittings 
 12. Deflection Lag, Load Lag, and Time Lag of Buried Flexible Pipe 
•Part III. Testing and Failure Analysis 13. Stress Crack Protocol for Finished Product Testing of Corrugated High Density Polyethylene Pipe 
 14. Guided Side-Bend: An Alternative Qualification Method for Butt Fusion Joining of Polyethylene Pipe and Fittings 
 15. Tensile Testing of a Push-on Restrained Joint PVC Pipe 
 16. Building Knowledge from Failure Analysis of Plastic Pipe and other Hydraulic Structures 
 17. Challenges in Investigating Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride Pipe Failures 
 18. Environmental Stress Cracking of Commercial CPVC Pipes 
 19. How to Crawl through a Pipe - Terminology 
•Part IV. New Materials and Applications 20. Yesterday, Today, and Now: Polyamide-11 Gas Piping at 200 Psig under the New Rules 
 21. Polyamide 12 Natural Gas Distribution Systems Operating at Pressures Greater Than 125 Psig 
 22. Plastic Tubing Prospect to Replace Cast Iron Conduit in Steam Heating Systems 
•Part V. Installation 23. Specifying Plastic Pipes for Trenchless Applications 
 24. Trenchless Case History - University of Denver's Use of High-Performance Restrained-Joint Water Distribution Pipe 
 25. Unique Calibration Case Study for Predictive Model of Installation Loads for Directional Drilled Fusible PVC Pipe 
 26. Axial Response of HDPE Pipes as a Result of Installation by Directional Drilling 
 Author Index 
 Subject Index