Plastic Piping Handbook - Rilegato

Willoughby, David

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ISBN 10: 0071359567 ISBN 13: 9780071359566

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001

Riassunto

All-the-answers guide to plastic piping

Written by expert David Willoughby, a 20-year veteran in the field, Plastic Piping Handbook is a one-of-a-kind, comprehensive guide to the durable, economical piping solution used today in 90 percent of low-pressure liquid and natural gas installations. You get the facts you need on a full range of vital topics, from pipe selection to pipeline purging and drying, to leak detection. This incomparable resource features codes and specs for gas and water transmission, inspection and testing procedures, and provides you with plenty of charts, data sheets, and tables. You’ll find at your fingertips hundreds of pages of clear, practical guidance to help you:

* Design systems for municipal, industrial, commercial, residential, and field use
* Follow step-by-step procedures for aboveground and buried pipe design
* Choose and apply pipes, control valves, and regulators
* Adhere to codes and standards
* Install, inspect and test pipelines
* More!

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L'autore:

Dr. David Willoughby, Professor Emeritus of Music at Eastern New Mexico University and former Dean of its College of Fine Arts, retired in 1993 after twenty years of service. He moved to Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and immediately was named Head of the Music Department at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, a position he held for three years. From 1970-1973, he held the position of Assistant Director of the Ford Foundation/ MENC Contemporary Music Project, where, among other responsibilities, he served as Editor of the CMP Newsletter. From 1960-1970, he was Assistant/Associate Professor of Music at Elizabethtown College. Willoughby is now Minister of Music at the Church of the Brethren in Elizabethtown, where he directs the Adult Choir and the Bell Choir. He continues to play double bass and serves as Editor of the Newsletter of The College Music Society (CMS). The fourth edition of his book, The World of Music, has just been published by McGraw-Hill. Regarding CMS, he serves on the Council of Past Presidents, having served as President in 1987 and 1988. Previously, he was Board member for Music and General Studies (1980-1985) and a member of the Executive Committee (1986-1989). He served as Director of the Wingspread Conference on Music in General Studies (1981) and of the first four summer Institutes for Music in General Studies, Boulder, Colorado (1982-1985). (It was this Conference on Music in General Studies and these Institutes that prompted the first conversations, in 1985, that led to the first edition of The World of Music.)

Contenuti:

Chapter 1: General Information

Chapter 2: Plastic Piping Characteristics

Chapter 3: Fluid Flow

Chapter 4: General Design Procedures

Chapter 5: Above Ground Pipe Design

Chapter 6: Buried Pipe Design

Chapter 7: Pipe Handling and Construction

Chapter 8: Horizontal Directional Drilling

Chapter 9: Chemical Resistance of Plastics and Elastomers

Chapter 10: Sliplining Sewers

Chapter 11: Testing

Chapter 12: Protecting Public Safety Through Excavation Damage Prevention

Chapter 13: Brittle-Like Cracking in Plastic Pipe for Gas Service

Appendix A: Specifications for Materials and Construction for a Natural Gas System

Appendix B: Transportation of Natural or Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety Standards

Appendix C: Plastic Piping Systems Components

Appendix D: Plastic Pipe Fittings

Appendix E: Glossary

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• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0071359567
• ISBN 13: 9780071359566
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 750