Plastic piping handbook

The first comprehensive work on the subject. Includes codes and specifications for transmission of gas and water. Inspection and testing procedures included. Loaded with numerous charts, data sheets and tables.

General information. Gas hydraulics. Liquid hydraulics. Plastic piping characteristics. Engineering properties of plastic pipe. General design procedures. Above ground pipe design. Buried pipe design. Control valves and pressure regulators. Pipe handling and construction. Pipeline installation, inspection and testing. Plastic pipeline drying. Leak detection. Economics.