Seminar Outline
Design, Installation and Pipe Performance: Inter-Dependence
- Pipe-Soil Interaction Principles
- Design By Codes and Standards
- Load Theories
- Sample Design Problems
- Factory Inspection and Testing of Pipes
- Post Installation Testing
- Deflection Testing for Flexible Pipe
- Video Testing for Rigid Pipe
- Standards and Performance Limits for Post Installation Testing
Geotechnical Design Parameters
- What is wrong with Bureau of Reclamation's E'
- Proper Geotechnical Baseline Report
- How to Establish Site-Specific E' Values That Vary Along the Alignment
- Excel Sheet for Selection of Site Specific E’ Values
Pipe Manufacturing and Material Properties
- Plastic Pipes
- Polyester Concrete Pipe
- Fiberglass Pipes
- Concrete Pipes
- Ductile Iron Pipes
- Steel Pipes
- Clay Pipes
- Alternate Pipe Materials for Pipeline Projects
- Standards by ASTM, AWWA, AISI, AASHTO, ASCE, DIN, ISO, CSA, ASA
- Trench Design
- Groundwater Control
- Foundation and Bedding
- Embedment
- Compaction
- Unified Design of Buried Pipes
- Handling stiffness check
- Deflection check
- Pressure capacity check
- Combined stress and strain check
- Buckling capacity check
- Ring compression check
- Buckling capacity check
- Excel Sheet for Design of Gravity FRP Pipe
- Excel Sheet for Design of Pressure HDPE Pipe
Australian Design of Buried Pipes
German Design of Buried Pipes
- Excel Sheet for German Design of Gravity Concrete Pipe
Design Checks on Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipes
- Excel Sheet for Checking PCCP for Compliance with AWWA C304
Unified Approach to Thrust Restraint Design
Trenchless Technology
Pipe Rehabilitation and Market Potential
Coatings and Linings Selection
Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Program
- Sample Specifications for Gravity FRP Pipe
- Sample Specifications for Gravity HDPE Pipe
- Sample Specifications for Bedding and Backfill
- Sample Specifications for Polymer Concrete Pipe
Remaining Life for Pipeline Asset Management
- Excel Sheet for Checking Ductile Iron Pipe in GASB 34 Assessment
- Weibull and Normal PDF Reliability Analyses
Sharing of Rights of Way and Existing Infrastructure for Pipes and Cables
Future Outlook