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BS 5556:1978

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Specification for general requirements for dimensions and pressure ratings for pipe of thermoplastics materials (metric series)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

03-31-1978

Superseded date

06-15-1997

US$94.87
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Summarise this standard

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1. Scope
2. References
3. Outside diameters of pipe
4. Pressure ratings
5. Stress ratings
6. Wall thickness of pressure pipe
Tables
1. Outside diameters of pipe
2. Pressure ratings and colour marking
3. Design circumferential working stresses
4. Calculated minimum wall thickness for pipe series

Gives outside diameters, maximum working pressures and stress ratings of circular pipes of thermoplastics materials, regardless of composition or method of manufacture or utilisation. Also gives a mathematically derived series of minimum wall thicknesses dependent on relationship between design stress rating and pressure rating.

Committee
PRI/88
DevelopmentNote
REPLACES BS 3867:1969 AND BS 4159:1967.
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
10
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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