Designation:C507−16StandardSpecificationforReinforcedConcreteEllipticalCulvert,StormDrain,andSewerPipe1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC507;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversreinforcedellipticallyshapedconcretepipetobeusedfortheconveyanceofsewage,industrialwastes,andstormwater,andfortheconstructionofculverts.1.2Pipedesignedforplacementwiththemajoraxishori-zontalshallbedesignatedas“HorizontalEllipticalPipe.”Pipedesignedforplacementwiththemajoraxisverticalshallbedesignatedas“VerticalEllipticalPipe.”1.3Thisspecificationistheinch-poundcompaniontoSpecificationC507M;therefore,noSIequivalentsarepre-sentedinthespecification.ReinforcedconcretepipethatconformstotherequirementsofC507MareacceptableunderthisSpecificationC507unlessprohibitedbytheowner.NOTE1—Thisspecificationisamanufacturingandpurchasespecifica-tiononly,anddoesnotincluderequirementsforbedding,backfill,ortherelationshipbetweenfieldloadconditionandthestrengthclassificationofpipe.However,experiencehasshownthatthesuccessfulperformanceofthisproductdependsupontheproperselectionoftheclassofpipe,typeofbeddingandbackfill,andcarethattheinstallationconformstotheconstructionspecifications.Theownerofthereinforcedconcretepipespecifiedhereiniscautionedthathemustcorrelatethefieldrequirementswiththeclassofpipespecifiedandprovideinspectionattheconstructionsite.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A36/A36MSpecificationforCarbonStructuralSteelA615/A615MSpecificationforDeformedandPlainCarbon-SteelBarsforConcreteReinforcementA706/A706MSpecificationforDeformedandPlainLow-AlloySteelBarsforConcreteReinforcementA1064/A1064MSpecificationforCarbon-SteelWireandWeldedWireReinforcement,PlainandDeform...
