This book is an update in the technology of buried plastic pipe and contains 17 peer-reviewed papers with sections on field testing, design and installation, rehabilitation, laboratory testing, and trenchless construction. Topics include:

Effects of acid environment on PVC pipe

Analysis of rehabilitation techniques

Three-dimensional visoelastic finite-element model to predict circumferential stress and strain in HDPE pipes

Design methodology for buried HDPE manholes that accounts for both the rind-directed and axially-directed effects of applied earth pressure

New test for studying behavior for buried plastic pipes in hoop compression