ASTM C822-05

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Designation:C822–05
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Concrete Pipe and Related Products
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 822; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Referenced Documents combined sewer—a pipeline intended to convey sewage and
2 storm water.
1.1 ASTM Standards:
compression test—a test made on a concrete specimen to
C 497 Test Methods for Concrete Pipe, Manhole Sections,
determine the compressive strength.
or Tile
compressive strength—the maximum resistance of a concrete
2. Terminology specimen to axial compressive loading; or the specified
resistance used in design calculations.
absorption—the increase in weight of concrete resulting from
concrete—a homogeneous mixture of portland cement, fine
the penetration of water into the concrete.
aggregate, coarse aggregate, and water. The mixture may
absorption test—a test made to determine the absorption of
also contain admixtures, or other cementitious materials, or
concrete.
both.
admixture—a material other than water, aggregates, cement
core—a cylinder of concrete obtained from concrete by means
and fibre reinforcing used as an ingredient of concrete and
of a core drill.
added to the batch immediately before or during its mixture.
crown—the top or highest point of the internal surface of the
annular space—the space between the inner surface of the
transverse cross section of a pipe.
female end and the outer surface of the male end of an
culvert—a pipeline intended to convey water under a highway,
assembled pipe joint.
railroad, canal, or similar facility.
bell—see female end of pipe.
cylinder (test)—a cast cylindrical specimen of concrete.
blend—a combining of various cementitious materials.
design strength—the minimum acceptable 0.01-in. (0.3-mm)
box section—a concrete pipe with a rectangular cross section.
crack D-load.
box section bottom slab—lower horizontal portion of a box
designated size—the dimensional name for a particular size
section in the installed condition.
that may or may not be equal to or related to the dimensions
box section top slab—upper horizontal portion of a box
used for design purposes or of the manufactured product.
section in the installed condition.
distribution reinforcement—reinforcement,typicallyrunning
box section wall—vertical sides of a box section in the
90° to the main or circumferential reinforcement, intended to
installed condition.
disperse concentrated loads to larger areas of a structural
cage—an assembled unit of steel reinforcement consisting of
member.
circumferential and longitudinal bars or wires.
D-load—the supporting strength of a pipe loaded under
circular reinforcement—a circular-shaped line of reinforce-
three-edge-bearing test conditions expressed in pounds per
ment.
linear foot per foot of inside diameter or horizontal span, or
circumferential reinforcement—reinforcement that is ap-
expressed in newtons per linear metre per millimetre of
proximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the
inside diameter or horizontal span.
concrete pipe.
D-load, 0.01-in. (0.3-mm) crack—the maximum three-edge-
bearing test load supported by a concrete pipe before a crack
having a width of 0.01 in. (0.3 mm) occurs, measured at
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C13 on
close intervals, throughout a continuous length of 1 ft (300
Concrete Pipe and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C13.10 on
mm) or more measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of
Correlation and Editorial.
pipe barrel expressed as D-load.
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2005. Published April 2005. Originally
approved in 1975. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as C 822–04.
D-load ultimate (Du)—the maximum three-edge-bearing test
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
load supported by a pipe, expressed as D-load.
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
drain tile—pipe for collecting and conveying surface and
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. subsurface water from an area.
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elliptical reinforcement—a line of reinforcement in the ap- in handling the pipe or section.
proximate shape of an ellipse. line of reinforcement—circumferential reinforcement com-
exfiltration—the
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