D4253 Test Methods for Maximum Index Density and Unit
Weight of Soils Using a Vibratory Table (Withdrawn
2025)
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D4254 Test Methods for Minimum Index Density and Unit
Weight of Soils and Calculation of Relative Density
(Withdrawn 2025)
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2.2 Other Standards:
ACI Code 318 Standard Building Code Requirements for
Reinforced Concrete
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AISI-C 1012
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ASCE 15-93 Standard Practice for Direct Design of Buried
Precast Concrete Pipe Using Standard Installations
(SIDD)
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms relating to concrete
pipe, see Terminology C822.
4. Classification
4.1 Pipe manufactured according to this specification shall
be for hydrostatic heads of 25, 50, 75, 100, and 125 ft measured
to the centerline of the pipe. Designs are provided in Table 1
for the above hydrostatic heads combined with external load-
ings of 5, 10, 15, and 20 ft (designated A,B,C, and Din Table
1) of earth cover over the top of the pipe under specific
installation conditions. The specific installation conditions are
covered in Appendix X1. Where the hydrostatic head, external
loadings, and installation conditions vary from those given in
Table 1 and Appendix X1, detailed design calculations shall be
made. The design criteria for Table 1 are presented in Appen-
dix X2.
5. Basis of Acceptance
5.1 Acceptability of the pipe in all diameters and classes
shall be determined by the results of such material tests as are
required in 6.2 through 6.9 by crushing tests on cured concrete
cylinders, by hydrostatic pressure tests on units of the pipe, by
joint leakage tests, and by inspection during or after manufac-
ture to determine whether the pipe conforms to this specifica-
tion as to design and freedom from defects.
5.2 Age for Acceptance—Pipe shall be considered ready for
acceptance when they conform to the requirements, as indi-
cated by the specified tests.
6. Materials
6.1 Reinforced Concrete—The reinforced concrete shall
consist of portland cement, mineral aggregates, and water, in
which steel has been embedded in such a manner that the steel
and concrete act together. Fly ash or pozzolan is not prohibited
when used as a partial cement replacement; see 9.1.
6.2 Cementitious Materials:
6.2.1 Cement:
6.2.1.1 Portland Cement—Portland cement shall conform to
the requirements of Specification C150/C150M.
6.2.1.2 Blended Hydraulic Cement—Blended cement shall
conform to the requirements of Specification C595/C595M for
Type IS portland blast furnace slag cement or Type IP portland
pozzolan cement, except that the pozzolan constituent in the
Type IP portland pozzolan cement shall not exceed 20 % by
weight.
6.2.2 Fly Ash or Pozzolan—Fly ash or pozzolan shall
conform to the requirements of Specification C618.
6.2.3 Allowable Cementitious Materials—The combination
of cementitious materials used in the concrete shall be one of
the following:
6.2.3.1 Portland cement only,
6.2.3.2 Portland blast furnace slag cement only, or
6.2.3.3 Portland pozzolan cement only.
6.2.3.4 A combination of portland cement and fly ash or
pozzolan, wherein the proportion of fly ash or pozzolan is
between 5 and 20 % by weight of total cementitious material
(portland cement plus fly ash or pozzolan).
6.3 Aggregates—Aggregates shall conform to Specification
C33/C33M, except that the requirements for grading are
waived.
6.4 Admixtures—Admixtures, except for air-entraining
agents, shall not be added to the concrete unless permitted by
the owner. At the option of the manufacturer, or if specified by
the owner, the concrete in precast concrete pipe placed by the
cast-and-vibrated method shall contain an air-entraining agent
conforming to Specification C260/C260M. The amount of
air-entraining agent used shall be such as will affect the
entrainment of not more than 3 % air by volume of concrete as
discharged from the mixer.
6.5 Steel Reinforcement—Reinforcement shall consist of
wire conforming to Specification A1064/A1064M, or of bars
of Grades 40 or 60 steel conforming to Specification A615/
A615M or of Grade 40 steel conforming to Specification
A36/A36M, or Grade 60 steel conforming to Specification
A706/A706M.
6.6 Steel for Joint Rings:
6.6.1 Steel strips for bell rings less than
1
⁄
4
in. thick shall
conform to Grade SS30 of Specification A1011/A1011M or
Grade Designation 1012 of Specification A575. Steel that
meets the requirements of AISI-C1012 for chemical compo-
nents will be acceptable provided it conforms to Grade SS30 of
Specification A1011/A1011M in other respects.
6.6.2 Steel plate for bell rings
1
⁄
4
in. or more in thickness and
special shapes for spigot joint rings shall conform to Specifi-
cation A36/A36M, or to Grade A of Specification A283/
A283M, or to Grade Designation 1012 of Specification A576,
or to Grade 50 of Specification A675/A675M. Steel that meets
the requirements of AISI-C1012 for chemical components will
be acceptable provided it conforms to Specification A36/A36M
or to Specification A283/A283M Min other respects.
6.7 Steel Castings for Fittings—Steel castings for fittings
shall conform to Grade 70-36, Normalized, of Specification
A27/A27M.
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The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
www.astm.org.
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Available from American Concrete Institute (ACI), 38800 Country Club Dr.,
Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3439, http://www.concrete.org.
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Available from American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), 25 Massachusetts
Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20001, https://www.steel.org.
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