What is PD CEN/TR 1295-4 - Reliability of the structural design of buried pipelines about?
PD CEN/TR 1295 is a series of the European standard on the structural design of buried pipelines under various conditions of loading to provide strength and pipe stiffness.
PD CEN/TR 1295-4 is the fourth part of the series of documents that lists the parameters for the reliability of the structural design of buried water and wastewater pressure pipelines, drains and sewers.
The reliability of the design of buried pipelines is based on the selection of appropriate design
parameters for a chosen design method. PD CEN/TR 1295-4 identifies the parameters appropriate to the chosen design method, which should all be clearly stated.
Note 1: PD CEN/TR 1295-4 does not aim to specify the requirements for the structural design of water and wastewater pressure pipelines, drains and sewers.
Note 2: PD CEN/TR 1295-4 does not apply for offshore laying, pipes supported on piles, no-dig pipelines, or laid above ground. Supplementary considerations need to be taken into account for these specific installations.
Note 3: Design parameters for calculation of longitudinal effects (including bending moments, shear forces and tensile forces resulting for example from non-uniform bedding and thermal movements and, in the case of pressure pipelines, f...