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Buderus Manual on Trenchless Installation of Ductile Cast ... - Duktus

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Properties <strong>of</strong> ductile cast ir<strong>on</strong> pipes<br />

The trench then has to be infilled layer by layer with n<strong>on</strong>-st<strong>on</strong>y soil at the sides, next<br />

to the pipe, and this has to be compacted as directed by the stress analyst, before finally,<br />

after 30 centimetres <strong>of</strong> n<strong>on</strong>-st<strong>on</strong>y soil has been dumped in and compacted over<br />

the crown <strong>of</strong> the pipe, the requirements become rather less stringent (Fig. 2.2 ).<br />

Main infill<br />

Direct cover z<strong>on</strong>e<br />

Lateral infill<br />

Upper bedding layer<br />

Lower bedding layer<br />

Fig. 2.25<br />

DVGW Arbeitsblatt W 00-2 [2.12] provides an overview <strong>of</strong> the grain-sizes <strong>of</strong> filling<br />

and bedding materials for be used for various pipe materials. Under it, ductile cast<br />

ir<strong>on</strong> pipes can be bedded in materials with a maximum grain size <strong>of</strong> 100 millimetres.<br />

The aim and intenti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> all the requirements is to ensure that the pipes will produce<br />

a pipeline <strong>of</strong> exactly circular cross-secti<strong>on</strong> in which there are no unacceptably high<br />

stresses in the walls <strong>of</strong> the pipes. This is the <strong>on</strong>ly way in which the l<strong>on</strong>g operating life<br />

that is desired can be achieved.<br />

Let us now c<strong>on</strong>sider the bedding c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s for a pipe which is installed by a trenchless<br />

technique: it is true that the customer will have a general knowledge <strong>of</strong> the ground he<br />

has, but he will certainly not be able to rule out the possibility <strong>of</strong> st<strong>on</strong>es or other sharp<br />

objects being present al<strong>on</strong>g the run, against which the pipe will rub while it is being<br />

pulled in. With the burst lining technique for example, the new pipe is pulled through<br />

28<br />

Surface<br />

Walls <strong>of</strong> trench<br />

Height <strong>of</strong> cover<br />

OD<br />

Bedding<br />

Depth <strong>of</strong> trench<br />

Pipeline z<strong>on</strong>e

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