27. Thrust Restraint Design for Buried Piping.

a. General.

b. General Requirements for Concrete Thrust Blocks.

c. Standard Design for Concrete Thrust Blocks.

d. Special Design for Concrete Thrust Blocks.

e. Design Example: Horizontal Bend Concrete Thrust Blocks.

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f. Design Example: Upper Vertical Bend Concrete Thrust Blocks.

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g. Design Example: Lower Vertical Bend Concrete Thrust Blocks.

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h. Restrained Pipe Joints.

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Design Example for Determining Required Length of Restrained Pipe.

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Thrust Blocks for Quick Connections to Existing Pipelines.

k. Welded-on Thrust Ring Blocks for New Pipe.

l. When and How to Restrain Reducers.

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m. When and How to Restrain Valves.

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n. Unbalanced Thrust at Connections to Existing Water Pipelines.

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