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Structural Mechanics of Buried Pipes [Hardcover]

Reynold King Watkins (Author), Loren Runar Anderson (Author)
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0849323959 978-0849323959 December 6, 1999 1
Buried pipes are a highly efficient method of transport. In fact, only open channels are less costly to construct. However, the structural mechanics of buried pipes can be complicated, and imprecisions in the properties of the soil envelope are usually too great to justify lengthy, complicated analyses. Designers and engineers need principles and methods that simplify analysis and maximize their knowledge of the pipe's performance and performance limits.
Structural Mechanics of Buried Pipes minimizes complicated theories, breaks through the imprecisions in the properties of soil, and presents principles that simplify analysis and lead to designs of higher performance and safety.
With knowledge built on experience, experimentation, and sound principles, the authors guide readers through the design and analysis processes. They use examples based on actual buried structures and analyze a variety of pipe-soil interaction problems.
Sound principles, plentiful examples, and a straightforward presentation provide an outstanding framework for hands-on application and an ideal self-study guide.

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  • Hardcover: 444 pages
  • Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (December 6, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0849323959
  • ISBN-13: 978-0849323959
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,373,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars buried pipe design, April 1, 2010
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I bought this book together with "Buried pipe design - 3rd edition". I am really satisfied also because the two books are complementary and I can say that any engineer involved into the matter should have theese in his technical professional library.
Furthermore I suggest the engineer to provide for some more book related to the matter of buried pipes :
-"Structural analysis of buried pipes" - Hornung/Kittel - Bauverlag editor (bilingual german/english) ISBN 3-7625-2039-9
-"Concrete pipe - design manual" _ American concrete pipe Association ISBN 0-9603868-5-8
-"AWWA Manual M9"

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE bible of buried pipe engineering, January 5, 2006
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This is without a doubt the best book on the structural mechanics of buried pipeline systems. Both authors are considered world authorities on buried pipe design. Dr. Reynold Watkins, Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State University, studied under the legendary Dr. Marlin Spangler and has made significant original contributions to the field; engineers throughout the world make use of Dr. Watkins' work in their pipeline designs. Dr. Anderson is Dept. Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State. Together they have written the most comprehensive book on the structural aspects of buried pipe design. They leave no topic uncovered, and reinforce all theories with easy to understand examples.

No municipal (or other) pipeline design engineer should be without a copy of this book!
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1.0 out of 5 stars So-So, April 7, 2008
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Structural Mechanics of Burried Pipes is nothing to hang your hat on. I learned so much more from the dry reading of "Handbook of Steel Drainage & Highway Construction Products"...and this was written back when sideburns and 8 track were "in". The font in this book is so big it only takes a page or two to realize the entire book could be reduced to 50 pages rather than 440+. I wish i could get my money back.
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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
Buried conduits existed in prehistory when caves were protective habitat, and ganats (tunnels back under mountains) were dug for water. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crotch plate, ring deflection, soil arching action, vertical soil pressure, good embedment, ring stiffness, parallel plate load, horizontal soil modulus, most buried pipes, various installation conditions, effective soil pressure, minimum soil cover, external soil pressure, soil embedment, vertical soil stress, soil friction angle, embedment soil, parallel plate test, surface live loads, buoyant uplift force, buried flexible pipes, poor embedment, compaction simulation, loaded surface area, massive soil movement
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Utah State University, Handbook of Steel Drainage, Highway Construction Products, Buried Structures Laboratory, Derive Equation, University of California, American Concrete Pipe Association, Curve Parameter, Geotechnical Engineering Report, Department of Transportation, Example Consider, Example Figure, Huber-Hencky-von Mises, Iowa State College, Soil Engineering
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