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Fiberglass Pipes - Common Standards 

Commonly used standards for fiberglass pipes and their applications

Some of the fiberglass related standards from the major standardization organizations:

ASME Standards Fiberglass related standards from ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers:

ASME/ANSI B31.1 - POWER PIPING ASME/ANSI B31.3 - PROCESS PIPING

ASME/ANSI B31.9 - BUILDING SERVICES PIPING

ASTM Standards Fiberglass related standards from ASTM International

ASTM C 581 - STANDARD PRACTICE FOR DETERMINING CHEMICAL RESISTANCE OF THERMOSETTING RESINS USED IN GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED STRUCTURES INTENDED FOR LIQUID SERVICE

ASTM C 582 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CONTACT-MOLDED REINFORCED THERMOSETTING PLASTIC (RTP) LAMINATES FOR CORROSION RESISTANT EQUIPMENT

ASTM D 149 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE AND DIELECTRIC STRENGTH OF SOLID ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIALS AT COMMERCIAL POWER FREQUENCIES

ASTM D 257 - TEST METHODS FOR DC RESISTANCE OR CONDUCTANCE OF INSULATING MATERIALS

ASTM D 638 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR TENSILE PROPERTIES OF PLASTICS

ASTM D 695M - TEST METHOD FOR COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES OF RIGID PLASTICS (METRIC)

ASTM D 696 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR COEFFICIENT OF LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSION OF PLASTICS BETWEEN - 30 DEGREES C AND 30 DEGREES C WITH A VITREOUS SILICA DILATOMETER

ASTM D 790 - STANDARD TEST METHODS FOR FLEXURAL PROPERTIES OF UNREINFORCED AND REINFORCED PLASTICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIALS

ASTM D 792 - TEST METHODS FOR DENSITY AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY (RELATIVE DENSITY) OF PLASTICS BY DISPLACEMENT

ASTM D 1598 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR TIME-TO-FAILURE OF PLASTIC PIPE UNDER CONSTANT INTERNAL PRESSURE

ASTM D 1599 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR RESISTANCE TO SHORT-TIME HYDRAULIC PRESSURE OF PLASTIC PIPE, TUBING, AND FITTINGS

ASTM D 2105 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR LONGITUDINAL TENSILE PROPERTIES OF "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE AND TUBE

ASTM D 2143 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR CYCLIC PRESSURE STRENGTH OF REINFORCED, THERMOSETTING PLASTIC PIPE

ASTM D 2290 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR APPARENT HOOP TENSILE STRENGTH OF PLASTICOR REINFORCED PLASTIC PIPE BY SPLIT DISK METHOD

ASTM D 2310 - STANDARD CLASSIFICATION FOR MACHINE-MADE "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE

ASTM D 2412 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF EXTERNAL LOADING CHARACTERISTICS OF PLASTIC PIPE BY PARALLEL-PLATE LOADING

ASTM D 2444 - TEST METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF THE IMPACT RESISTANCE OF THERMOPLASTIC PIPE AND FITTINGS BY MEANS OF A TUP (FALLING WEIGHT)

ASTM D 2583 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR INDENTATION HARDNESS OF RIGID PLASTICS BY MEANS OF A BARCOL IMPRESSOR

ASTM D 2584 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR IGNITION LOSS OF CURED REINFORCED RESINS

ASTM D 2924 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR EXTERNAL PRESSURE RESISTANCE OF "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE

ASTM D 2925 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR BEAM DEFLECTION OF "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS- FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING RESIN) PIPE UNDER FULL BORE FLOW

ASTM D 2992 - STANDARD PRACTICE FOR OBTAINING HYDROSTATIC OR PRESSURE DESIGN BASIS FOR "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE AND FITTINGS

ASTM D 2996 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR FILAMENT-WOUND "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS- FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE

ASTM D 2997 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CENTRIFUGALLY CAST "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE

ASTM D 3262 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) SEWER PIPE

ASTM D 3517 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PRESSURE PIPE

ASTM D 3567 - STANDARD PRACTICE FOR DETERMINING DIMENSIONS "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS- FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING RESIN) PIPE AND FITTINGS

ASTM D 3615 - CHEMICAL RESISTANCE OF THERMOSET MOLDING COMPOUNDS

ASTM D 3681 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR CHEMICAL RESISTANCE OF "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE IN A DEFLECTED CONDITION

ASTM D 3754 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) SEWER AND INDUSTRIAL PRESSURE PIPE

ASTM D 3840 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE FITTINGS FOR NONPRESSURE APPLICATIONS

ASTM D 4024 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR MACHINE MADE "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER REINFORCED THERMOSETTING RESIN) FLANGES

ASTM D 4161 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE JOINTS USING FLEXIBLE ELASTOMERIC SEALS

ASTM D 5365 - STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR LONG-TERM RING-BENDING STRAIN OF "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE

ASTM D 5421 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CONTACT MOLDED "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING RESIN) FLANGES

ASTM D 5677 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR FIBERGLASS (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PIPE AND PIPE FITTINGS, ADHESIVE BONDED JOINT TYPE, FOR AVIATION JET TURBINE FUEL LINES

ASTM D 5685 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING-RESIN) PRESSURE PIPE FITTINGS

ASTM D 6041 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CONTACT-MOLDED "FIBERGLASS" (GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOSETTING RESIN) CORROSION RESISTANT PIPE AND FITTINGS

ASTM E 228 - LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSION OF SOLID MATERIALS WITH A VITREOUS SILICA DILATOMETER

ASTM F 1173 - STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR THERMOSETTING RESIN FIBERGLASS PIPE SYSTEMS TO BE USED FOR MARINE

APPLICATIONS AWWA Standards Fiberglass related standards from AWWA - American Water Works Association

AWWA C950-01 - Fiberglass Pressure Pipe 

AWWA D120-84 (R89) - Thermosetting Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic Tanks

AWWA F101-02 - Contact-Molded, Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic Wash Water Troughs and Launders 

AWWA F102-02 - Matched-Die-Molded, Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic Weir Plates, Scum Baffles, and Mounting Brackets 

BSi Standards Fiberglass related standards from BSi - British Standards institute

BS 5480 - Specification for glass reinforced plastics (GRP) pipes, joints and fittings for use for water supply or sewerage 

BS 6464 - Specification for reinforced plastics pipes, fittings and joints for process plants

BS 7159 - Code of practice for design and construction of glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) piping systems for individual plants or sites 

BS 8010-2.5 - Code of practice for pipelines - Pipelines on land: design, construction and installation - Glass reinforced thermosetting plastics

DIN Standards Fiberglass related standards from DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung 

DIN 53393 - Testing of Textile Glass-reinforced Plastics; Behavior to the Effect of Chemicals

DIN 53758 - Testing of plastics articles; determination of the effect of internal pressure on hollow objects by short-time test 

DIN 53768 - Determination by extrapolation of the long-term behavior of glass fiber reinforced plastics 

DIN 53769-1 - Testing of glass fiber reinforced plastics pipes; determination of the longitudinal shear strength of type B pipe fittings

DIN 53769-2 - Testing of glass fiber reinforced plastics pipes; long-term hydrostatic pressure test

DIN 53769-3 - Testing of glass fiber reinforced plastics pipes; determination of initial and long-term ring stiffness 

DIN 53769-6 - Testing of glass fiber reinforced plastics pipes; Testing of pipes and fittings under pulsating internal pressure

DIN EN 59 - Glass Reinforced Plastics; Measurement of Hardness by Means of a Barcol Impressor 

DIN EN 637 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced plastics components - Determination of the amounts of constituents using the gravimetric method

DIN EN 705 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) pipes and fittings - Methods for regression analyses and their use

DIN EN 761 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) pipes - Determination of the creep factor under dry conditions

DIN EN 1393 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) pipes; Determination of initial longitudinal tensile properties

DIN EN 1447 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) pipes - Determination of long-term resistance to internal pressure

DIN EN 1448 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) components - Test methods to prove the design of rigid locked socket- and -spigot joints with elastomeric seals

DIN EN 1449 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) components - Test methods to prove the design of a cemented socket- and -spigot joints

DIN EN 1450 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) components - Test methods to prove the design of bolted flange joints

ISO Standards Fiberglass related standards from ISO - International Organization for Standardization

ISO 178 - Plastics - Determination of flexural properties

ISO 527-4 - Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 4: Test conditions for isotropic and orthotropic fibre-reinforced plastic composites 

ISO 7370 - Glass fiber reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) pipes and fittings; Nominal diameters, specified diameters and standard lengths 

ISO 7510 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) components - Determination of the amounts of constituents using the gravimetric method 

ISO 7684 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) pipes - Determination of the creep factor under dry conditions

ISO 10466 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) pipes - Test method to prove the resistance to initial ring deflection

ISO 10928 - Plastics piping systems - Glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics (GRP) pipes and fittings - Methods for regression analysis and their use 

ISO/TR 10465-1 - Underground installation of flexible glass-reinforced thermosetting resin (GRP) pipes; part 1: installation procedures 

ISO/TR 10465-2 - Underground installation of flexible glass-reinforced thermosetting resin (GRP) pipes - Part 2: Comparison of static calculation methods

ISO/TR 10465-3 - Underground installation of flexible glass-reinforced thermosetting resin (GRP) pipes - Part 3: Installation parameters and application limits

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