Failure Analysis of forty-eight Inch Cast Iron Water Main Pipe due to Overload

3 August, 2023

Failure Analysis of forty-eight Inch Cast Iron Water Main Pipe due to Overload

Two sections of failed 48 inch underground water main were submitted for failure analysis. The two pieces appeared to be the parent pipe piece. The main break had occurred on April 19, 2005 adjacent to the Street Bridge over a River in New Jersey. The…