ASTM B745/B745M-97 - 10.10.1997
 
1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers corrugated aluminum pipe intended for use for storm water drainage, underdrains, the construction of culverts, and similar uses. Pipe covered by this specification is not normally used for the conveyance of sanitary or industrial wastes.

1.2 This specification does not include requirements for bedding, backfill, or the relationship between earth cover load and sheet thickness of the pipe. Experience has shown that the successful performance of this product depends upon the proper selection of sheet thickness, type of bedding and backfill, controlled manufacture in the plant, and care in the installation. The purchaser must correlate the above factors and also the corrosion and abrasion requirements of the field installation with the sheet thickness. The structural design of corrugated aluminum pipe and the proper installation procedures are given in Practices B790 and B788, respectively. A procedure for using life-cycle cost analysis techniques to evaluate alternative drainage system designs using corrugated metal pipe is given in Practice A930.

1.3 This specification is applicable to orders in either inch-pound units as B745 or SI units as B745M. Inch-pound units and SI units are not necessarily equivalent. SI units are shown in brackets in the text; they are the applicable values when the material is ordered to B745M.

 
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F467-24(2026)

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A563-15

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Standard Practice for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Corrugated Metal Pipe Used for Culverts, Storm Sewers, and Other Buried Conduits

B209-14

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B666/B666M-20

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B744/B744M-15(2020)

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F738M-02

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F468-23(2026)

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F568M-07

Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Externally Threaded Metric Fasteners (Withdrawn 2012)

F593-24

Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Bolts, Hex Cap Screws, and Studs

F594-24

Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Nuts

B316/B316M-25

Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Rivet and Cold-Heading Wire and Rods

B221M-21

Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Bars, Rods, Wire, Profiles, and Tubes (Metric)

B221-21

Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Bars, Rods, Wire, Profiles, and Tubes

F836M-20

Standard Specification for Style 1 Stainless Steel Metric Nuts (Metric) (Withdrawn 2023)

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B209M-14

Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate (Metric) (Withdrawn 2021)