Abstract: The National Research Council Canada has recently completed a project to assist the city of Montreal in determining the condition of its water and sewer system. The National Research Council Canada staff members reviewed ...

Abstract: The results of a metallographic study of gray cast-iron water pipes are reported. These pipes were installed between 1885 and 1973 in eight different water systems. Each pipe had been extracted during scheduled maintenance ...

Abstract: Past work has made little differentiation between the mechanical properties of pit and spun cast gray iron water pipes. Mechanical tests on coupons from spun and pit cast samples presented here show that spun cast gray ...