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The advantages of various materials combine the concrete and reinforced concrete pipes with a corrosion protection applied directly during the production of the pipes for use in sewer systems with unavoidable and constant "very strong" chemical aggressors to DIN 4030 [DIN4030-1:1991] and ATV-M168 [ATVM168] . This is a pipe with one or two layers, the carrier layer and the corrosion protection layer (lining or coating).

The carrier layer is formed …

(Image: In-situ concrete with reversed ovoid cross section [Frühl10])

The large pipe diameters of prefabricated pipes inevitably lead to high transport weights that require heavy transport and lifting machinery. This was the reason for the very early production of in-situ concrete sewers with ovoid cross sections greater than 1000/1500 or circular cross sections > DN 2000 by the open cut method of construction involving the use of special forms [Frühl10].

Concrete is a building material of natural or artificial crushed granules, which are encased by a binder in the liquid condition (fresh concrete) and in the hardened condition of the binder are permanently cemented by it (hard concrete).

The following discussion confines itself to cement concretes whose binder consists exclusively of cement.

The production of concrete pipes was begun in Germany about 1850 immediately after the building of the first …

Polymerised concrete consists of a mixture of mineral, quartzite fillers in the hardly porous grading curve range to DIN 1045 [DIN1045:1988] and reaction resin on the basis of unsaturated polyester resins with properties to DIN 16946 Part 2 Table 3 [DIN16946:1989].

The material properties are made up as follows [FI-Meyerb] :

  • Compressive stress: 100 N/mm2 (and higher)
  • Tensile bending stress: 13 N/mm2
  • E- Modulus: 18.000 N/mm2
  • Density: 23 kN/m3
  • Long. …

After it was recognised what grave health dangers the handling of asbestos could cause, the fibre cement industry promised the Federal Government of Germany within the framework of "Ways out of Asbestos" in the mining area, to change over to an asbestos-free material technology by the latest at the end of 1993.

The new asbestos-free fibre cement pipes are produced by machines from an internally homogeneous mixture of cement with the addition of synthetic …

From about 1930 up to the end of the 80s, asbestos cement pipes produced by the winding process from a homogeneous mixture of asbestos, cement and water were used in sewer systems [Asbest77].

A survey of standards, nominal sizes and areas of application that apply to asbestos cement pipes is given in Tabelle 1.7.9.

(Table: Overview of the Standardsand areas of application of asbestos cement pipes to DIN 2410 Part 4 (02.78) [DIN2410])

Because of the …

Pipes made of glass fibre reinforced plastics (GRP) have been produced since the start of the 60's of the 20th Century. Originally, they were used for the discharge of aggressive effluents in industrial undertakings but then became increasingly important in the sewage sector where they are laid by the open construction method [Bloom84] [Bloom86] as gravity sewers or pressure pipes (DN 100 to DN 2800, lengths: 6 m, pressures to PN 25). In the trenchless …

(Image: Complete manhole base unit of reinforced concrete with butt and rocker pipes [FI-Hupfe])

As the native ground is disturbed and thus becomes prone to settling when manholes are built, it must be expected that positional alteration between manhole and pipes will take place. For a long time, no attention was paid to this problem so that relatively much damage has occurred in the laterals in the form of lateral cracks.

Already in the 70's of the …

(Image: Pre-cast concrete climbing ladder system [FI-allbe])

Shafts must be equipped with climbing aids - single row or double row climbing steps or fixed or movable climbing ladders.

Besides the climbing aids of the traditional climbing steps, concrete climbing ladders or climbing step systems that are formed at the time of the manufacture of the shaft ring or cone have also been available for a few years (Bild 1.8.2).

(Image: Concrete inspection chamber [FI-Betonb] - Section)

The EN 752-1 [DINEN752e] defines an inspection chamber as follows: "Chamber with removable cover constructed on a drain or sewer that provides access from surface level only, but does not permit entry of a person."

Inspection chambers must correspond to the operational requirements of ATV-A 241E, edition 1995 [ATVA241a] especially as regards ventilation, inspection and cleaning. Thus, their …

In the structures of drain and sewer systems there are also included, besides manholes, structures for overcoming height differences, inspection chamber, intersection structures, storm water overflow works, infall works (street drainage) and outfall as well as valve works (Bild 1.2).

The largest share of the structures of drain and sewer systems goes to manholes to EN 476 [DINEN476:1997]. For this reason, these and the inspection chamber to EN 476 …

Private domain sewers are "Inaccessible pipelines laid in the earth or in the foundation that usually carry sewage to the lateral" [DIN1986:1998] (Bild 1.9.1) (Bild 1.9.1) (Bild 1.9.1).

(Image: Position of private domain sewer under buildings - Schematic discription [DIN1986c]) (Image: Position of private domain sewers under buildings) (Image: Position of private domain sewer under buildings - View of a building site with vitrified clay drainpipes …

The greatest problem with our sewer systems is doubtless the laterals or drainpipes to EN 752-1 [DINEN752e] of drain system, as well as the street run-offs and their connection into the public, non-man-accessible sewers (Abschnitt 2.3.1) (Abschnitt 2.9) [Stein84f].

(Image: Masonry sewer (ovoid profile) with inlets [Benze21])

According to ATV-A 241E [ATVA241a] of the year 1978, the laterals "should, as a rule discharge into the sewers outside of the …

(Image: Venting variations for concrete or reinforced concrete sewers [Schaa96] [ATVA241a])
(Image: Inspection shaft with ventilation connection [ATV95b])
(Image: Lamp hole [Braub25])

The reasons for the necessity for ventilation and venting of sewer systems were stated by König in 1902 [FI-Stein96] as follows:

"A sufficient exchange of air is essential as well for health reasons as also in consideration of an undisturbed operation within a …

(Image: Overview of typical inner-city line types)
(Image: Underground pipelines in New York about 1916 [Boegl69])

In the rehabilitation of sewer systems, neighbouring or crossing supply lines ranging from telephone cables to district heating piping may cause considerable difficulties.

Therefore, their position to the defective sewer, their structural condition and the condition of the surrounding embedment are important criteria for the selection …

Fine trees were once a sign of wealth and vitality of a town. After this had long been forgotten and trees became the victim, for instance, of the improvement of street traffic, there has been an increasing tendency for some years in the towns and communities of the Federal Republic of Germany to plan and undertake measures for the introduction of greenery - even in connection with easing traffic flow.

Trees are an important component of the city …

Sewer systems are constantly or intermittently subject to differing physical, chemical, bio-chemical and biological stresses.

Depending on

  • Planning
  • Material
  • Construction
  • Maintenance
  • Type and duration of use
  • External influences such as ground at the construction site, traffic loads, etc.,

these stresses can lead sooner or later to the depletion of the originally available wear reserve of 100 % (Bild 2.1) (Abschnitt 4.1) [ATVM143-1:1989] [ATVM143-2b].

Leaks are present when water obviously enters or leaves or when a test for leaks (Abschnitt 4.5.1) is not successful.

According to [ATVM143-1:1989], leaks can occur with or without recognisable other damage in

  • Pipe joints (Bild 2.2.1) or component or structural joints;
  • Pipes or pipe walling;
  • Connections to pipes (Bild 2.2.1) ;
  • Manholes or other structures of drain and sewer systems.
(Image: Leaking pipe joint [FI-IfK]) (Image: Leaking branch connection […
  • Incorrect selection of materials due to not taking into account or incorrectly estimating external or internal stresses and their possible changes in the course of their utilisation [WRC78].
  • Combination of materials or components with mutual reactions or those that, in the built-in condition, are incompatible with each other in the long term (e.g. use of an unsuitable lubricant for the elastomer gasket ring).
  • Loss of the volatile components from …
  • Concrete pipes with aggregate segregation and insufficient compaction of the concrete.
  • Concrete and reinforced concrete pipes with shrinkage cracks that exceed the permissible tolerances.
  • Reinforced concrete pipes with incomplete binding between concrete and steel, e.g. coarse pores or cavities in the region of the reinforcing (so-called reinforcing shadow).
  • Pipes with unrecognised high stresses due to the production process.
  • Non-adherence to the …

(for types of pipe joints (Abschnitt 1.7.1) ; requirements see DIN 19543) [DIN19543:1982]

  • Missing or incorrectly inserted gasket ring (Bild 2.2.2.1.3.1) (Bild 2.2.2.1.3.1) (Bild 2.2.2.1.3.1) (Bild 2.2.2.1.3.1).
  • Incorrect application of sealing materials, e.g. on to dirty or incorrectly prepared socket areas.
  • Working of sealing material or media at too high or too low temperatures.
  • Incorrectly and not centred abutment of pipes, e.g. by using unsuitable …
  • Inflexibility of the connection of the sewer/ structure, for instance in the region of the manhole (Abschnitt 1.8) (Abschnitt 2.4.1).
  • Joining the lateral by means of caulking the sewer. Especially in the non-man-accessible, earlier hardly controllable nominal size range, many laterals were connected to the previously caulked sewer. It is impossible to achieve a permanently watertight and flexible joint with this method. In addition, there is the …