Abstract

This specification covers the general requirements and corresponding test methods for non-pressure (gravity flow) polyethylene (PE) pipes and fittings having interior liner with annular corrugated exterior wall profile, and whose inside diameters are 2 to 60 in. [50 to 1500 mm]. These pipes and fittings are suitable for underground use in subsurface and land drainage systems, which do not operate under surcharge pressure heads. Material requirements are specified for pipe and blow molded fittings, rotationally molded fittings and couplings, injection molded fittings and couplings, and rework materials. The resulting products shall be tested as appropriate, and shall conform to specified requirements for workmanship, dimension (inside diameter, length, minimum inner liner thickness, and perforations), stiffness, flattening resistance, impact resistance, and slow crack growth resistance of PE plastics without pigment.

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1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers requirements and test methods for annular corrugated profile wall polyethylene pipe and fittings with an interior liner. The inside diameters covered are 2 to 60 in. [50 to 1500 mm].

1.2 The requirements of this specification are intended to provide non-pressure (gravity flow) pipe and fittings suitable for underground use for subsurface and land drainage systems, which do not operate under surcharge pressure heads.

Note 1—Pipe and fittings produced in accordance with this specification are be installed in compliance with Practice D2321 or Practice F449 based on diameter limitations within the respective standards.

Note 2—Subsurface and land drainage systems pertain principally to non-municipal or private facilities for water table control, storm drainage and agricultural drainage applications. The products supplied under this specification are not intended for any sanitary sewer or municipal storm sewer applications.

1.3 This specification covers pipe and fittings with an interior liner using an annular exterior corrugated profile (Fig. 1).

FIG. 1 Annular Corrugated Profile Wall Polyethylene Pipe with Interior Liner

TABLE 1 Pipe Stiffness and Pipe Dimensions

Pipe Inside DiameterA		Minimum Pipe Stiffness at 5% Deflection		Minimum Inner Liner Thickness
inch	[mm]	lb/in/in	[kPa]	Inch	[mm]
2	[50]	50	[345]	0.020	[0.5]
3	[75]	50	[345]	0.020	[0.5]
4	[100]	50	[345]	0.020	[0.5]
6	[150]	50	[345]	0.020	[0.5]
8	[200]	50	[345]	0.024	[0.6]
10	[250]	50	[345]	0.024	[0.6]
12	[300]	50	[345]	0.035	[0.9]
15	[375]	42	[290]	0.040	[1.0]
18	[450]	40	[275]	0.051	[1.3]
21	[525]	38	[260]	0.060	[1.5]
24	[600]	34	[235]	0.060	[1.5]
27	[675]	30	[205]	0.060	[1.5]
30	[750]	28	[195]	0.060	[1.5]
36	[900]	22	[150]	0.067	[1.7]
42	[1050]	20	[140]	0.071	[1.8]
48	[1200]	18	[125]	0.071	[1.8]
54	[1350]	16	[110]	0.079	[2.0]
60	[1500]	14	[97]	0.079	[2.0]

^A Inside Diameters for metric (SI) sizes are in direct Imperial equivalent dimensions

1.4 This specification permits the use of recycled materials for pipe in accordance with the requirements in Section 5.

1.5 Units—The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents: therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.

1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

Military Standard

NCHRP (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) Report

ASTM Standards

D618 Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing

D1600 Terminology for Abbreviated Terms Relating to Plastics

D2122 Test Method for Determining Dimensions of Thermoplastic Pipe and Fittings

D2321 Practice for Underground Installation of Thermoplastic Pipe for Sewers and Other Gravity-Flow Applications

D2412 Test Method for Determination of External Loading Characteristics of Plastic Pipe by Parallel-Plate Loading

D2444 Test Method for Determination of the Impact Resistance of Thermoplastic Pipe and Fittings by Means of a Tup (Falling Weight)

D3350 Specification for Polyethylene Plastics Pipe and Fittings Materials

D4218 Test Method for Determination of Carbon Black Content in Polyethylene Compounds By the Muffle-Furnace Technique

D5630 Test Method for Ash Content in Plastics

D7209 Guide for Waste Reduction, Resource Recovery, and Use of Recycled Polymeric Materials and Products

D7399 Test Method for Determination of the Amount of Polypropylene (PP) in Polypropylene/LDPE Mixtures Using Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR)

F412 Terminology Relating to Plastic Piping Systems

F449 Practice for Subsurface Installation of Corrugated Polyethylene Pipe for Agricultural Drainage or Water Table Control

F2136 Test Method for Notched, Constant Ligament-Stress (NCLS) Test to Determine Slow-Crack-Growth Resistance of HDPE Resins or HDPE Corrugated Pipe

Federal Standards

American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 65.060.35 (Irrigation and drainage equipment)

UNSPSC Code

UNSPSC Code 40171500(Commercial pipe and piping)

Referencing This Standard

DOI: 10.1520/F2648_F2648M-13

Citation Format

ASTM F2648 / F2648M-13, Standard Specification for 2 to 60 inch [50 to 1500 mm] Annular Corrugated Profile Wall Polyethylene (PE) Pipe and Fittings for Land Drainage Applications, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2013, www.astm.org