ASTM C1479/C1479M-22

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: C1479/C1479M − 22
Standard Practice for
Installation of Precast Concrete Sewer, Storm Drain, and
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Culvert Pipe Using Standard Installations
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1479/C1479M; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D1557 Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Character-
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istics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft
1.1 This practice covers the installation of precast concrete
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(2,700 kN-m/m ))
pipe intended to be used for the conveyance of sewage,
D2487 Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering
industrial wastes, and storm water and for the construction of
Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System)
culverts.
D2488 Practice for Description and Identification of Soils
1.2 The values stated in either Imperial/US or SI units are to
(Visual-Manual Procedures)
be regarded separately as standard. The SI units are shown in
IEEE/ASTM SI 10 Standard for Use of the International
brackets. The values stated in each system may not be exact
System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System
equivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependently 3
2.2 AASHTO Standards:
of the other.
Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
M 145 Classification of Soils and Soil—Aggregate Mixtures
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
for Highway Construction Purposes
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
T99 The Moisture-Density Relations of Soils Using a 5.5 lb
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
(2.5 kg) Rammer and a 12-in. (305 mm) Drop
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
T 180 TheMoisture-DensityRelationsofSoilsUsinga10lb
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
(4.54 kg) Rammer and an 18-in. (457 mm) Drop
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
T 310 In-Place Density and Moisture Content of Soil and
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Soil—Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)
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Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
2.3 ASCE Standards:
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
ASCE 15 Standard Practice for the Direct Design of Buried
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Precast Reinforced Concrete Pipe Using Standard Instal-
lations (SIDD)
2. Referenced Documents
3. Terminology
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1 For definitions of terms relating to concrete pipe, see
C822 Terminology Relating to Concrete Pipe and Related
Terminology C822.
Products
C1417 Specification for Manufacture of Reinforced Con-
3.2 For terminology related to soil classifications, see Prac-
crete Sewer, Storm Drain, and Culvert Pipe for Direct
tice D2487 and Practice D2488.
Design
3.3 For terminology and definitions of terms relating to
D698 Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Character-
3 structural design, see ASCE 15.
istics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,400 ft-lbf/ft (600
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3.4 Fig. 1, Fig. 3, Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 illustrate the definitions
kN-m/m ))
and limits of the terms: foundation, subgrade, bedding, outer
bedding, middle bedding, haunch, lower side, backfill or
overfill, invert, crown, springline, top of pipe, and bottom of
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C13 on Concrete
pipe as used in this practice.
Pipe and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C13.05 on Special Projects.
Current edition approved April 1, 2022. Published April 2022. Originally
approved in 2000. Last previous edition approved in 2021 as C1479 - 16(2021).
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DOI: 10.1520/C1479_C1479M-22. Available from American Association of State Highway and Transportation
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