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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

    Superseded date:  15-06-1997

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-03-1978

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    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

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    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.

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    Committee PRI/88
    Development Note REPLACES BS 3867:1969 AND BS 4159:1967.
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    05/30113497 DC : DRAFT APR 2005 BS 5391-1 - ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE (ABS) FITTINGS FOR USE WITH ABS PRESSURE PIPE - PART 1: SPECIFICATION FOR FITTINGS FOR USE WITH PIPE FOR INDUSTRIAL USES
    BS 864-5:1990 Capillary and compression tube fittings of copper and copper alloy Specification for compression fittings for polyethylene pipes with outside diameters to BS 5556
    BS 3505:1986 Specification for unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U) pressure pipes for cold potable water
    BS 4576-1:1989 Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U) rainwater goods and accessories Half-round gutters and pipes of circular cross-section
    BS 4485-4:1996 Water cooling towers Code of practice for structural design and construction
    BS 6437:1984 Specification for polyethylene pipes (type 50) in metric diameters for general purposes
    BS 7336:1990 Specification for polyethylene fusion fittings with integral heating element(s) for use with polyethylene pipes for the conveyance of gaseous fuels
    BS 8000-15:1990 Workmanship on building sites Code of practice for hot and cold water services (domestic scale)
    BS 7281:1990 Specification for polyethylene pipes for the supply of gaseous fuels
    BS 2782-11:Method 1108A:1989 Methods of testing plastics. Thermoplastics pipes, fittings and valves True impact rate (TIR) boundaries of pipes
    BS 7291-4:1990 Thermoplastics pipes and associated fittings for hot and cold water for domestic purposes and heating installations in buildings Specification for chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (PVC-C) pipes and associated fittings and solvent cement
    BS 879-2:1988 Water well casing Specification for thermoplastics tubes for casing and slotted casing

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    ISO 161-1:1996 Thermoplastics pipes for the conveyance of fluids Nominal outside diameters and nominal pressures Part 1: Metric series
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