I have designed an aboveground pipeline with an expansion loop to account for thermal expansion from ambient temperature. The client has requested information on prestressing the piping/loop based on the temperature at the time of construction. I'm generally aware that this is possible from...
I recently inspected a pipeline suspended under a bridge. The pipeline has anchors and a single-end slip expansion joint at each end (for a total of 2 anchors and 2 expansion joints). On the east side, beyond the anchor, the pipeline 90s down and then 90s back to horizontal perpendicular to the...
We have an old 8" cast iron gas main system that we are replacing with PE piping, and the plan is to tee off from the existing cast iron pipe and then run HDPE parallel to the existing cast iron line. What's the best way to tee off of cast iron pipe? I typically work with steel piping where we...
