ASTM C822-02a

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Designation: C 822 – 02a
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 compression test—a test made on a concrete specimen to
determine the compressive strength.
1.1 ASTM Standards:
compressive strength—the maximum resistance of a concrete
C 497 Test Methods for Concrete Pipe, Manhole Sections,
2 specimen to axial compressive loading; or the specified
or Tile
resistance used in design calculations.
2. Terminology concrete—a homogeneous mixture of portland cement, fine
aggregate, coarse aggregate, and water. The mixture may
absorption—the increase in weight of concrete resulting from
also contain admixtures, or other cementitious materials, or
the penetration of water into the concrete.
both.
absorption test—a test made to determine the absorption of
core—a cylinder of concrete obtained from concrete by means
concrete.
of a core drill.
admixture—a material other than water, aggregates, cement
crown—the top or highest point of the internal surface of the
and fibre reinforcing used as an ingredient of concrete and
transverse cross section of a pipe.
added to the batch immediately before or during its mixture.
culvert—a pipeline intended to convey water under a highway,
annular space—the space between the inner surface of the
railroad, canal, or similar facility.
female end and the outer surface of the male end of an
cylinder (test)—a cast cylindrical specimen of concrete.
assembled pipe joint.
design strength—the minimum acceptable 0.01-in. (0.3-mm)
bell—see female end of pipe.
crack D-load.
blend—a combining of various cementitious materials.
designated size—the dimensional name for a particular size
box section—a concrete pipe with a rectangular cross section.
that may or may not be equal to or related to the dimensions
box section bottom slab—lower horizontal portion of a box
used for design purposes or of the manufactured product.
section in the installed condition.
distribution reinforcement—reinforcement, typically running
box section top slab—upper horizontal portion of a box
90° to the main or circumferential reinforcement, intended to
section in the installed condition.
disperse concentrated loads to larger areas of a structural
box section wall—vertical sides of a box section in the
member.
installed condition.
D-load—the supporting strength of a pipe loaded under
cage—an assembled unit of steel reinforcement consisting of
three-edge-bearing test conditions expressed in pounds per
circumferential and longitudinal bars or wires.
linear foot per foot of inside diameter or horizontal span, or
circular reinforcement—a circular-shaped line of reinforce-
expressed in newtons per linear metre per millimetre of
ment.
inside diameter or horizontal span.
circumferential reinforcement—reinforcement that is ap-
D-load, 0.01-in. (0.3-mm) crack—the maximum three-edge-
proximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the
bearing test load supported by a concrete pipe before a crack
concrete pipe.
having a width of 0.01 in. (0.3 mm) occurs, measured at
combined sewer—a pipeline intended to convey sewage and
close intervals, throughout a continuous length of 1 ft (300
storm water.
mm) or more measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of
pipe barrel expressed as D-load.
D-load ultimate (Du)—the maximum three-edge-bearing test
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load supported by a pipe, expressed as D-load.
This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C13 on
Concrete Pipe and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C13.10 on
drain tile—pipe for collecting and conveying surface and
Correlation and Editorial.
subsurface water from an area.
Current edition approved August 10, 2002. Published October 2002. Originally
elliptical reinforcement—a line of reinforcement in the ap-
published as C 822–75. Last previous edition C 822–02.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.05. proximate shape of an ellipse.
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C 822 – 02a
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