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Acknowledgments

Truly, piping system theory and application has been largely devel-
oped starting with Marston’s premiere paper on loads, published in
1913, and Spangler’s paper on flexible pipe, published in 1941. One
could say that we are where we are today because we have been car-
ried on the backs of giants who went before us. As the authors of this
book, we realize how much we are indebted to others who had the fore-
sight and a desire to obtain answers where sometimes there were only
questions. As an undergraduate student, Dr. Moser had the opportu-
nity to work for Dr. R. K. Watkins on his buried structures projects.
Watkins had worked with Prof. Spangler. After obtaining a Ph.D.
degree and returning to Utah State University (USU), Moser again
worked with Dr. Watkins, this time as a colleague. It was at this time,
in 1967, that USU, under the direction of Dr. Watkins, constructed the
large pipe testing facility, under a contract from the American Iron and
Steel Institute (AISI). Those on the technical committee of AISI at the
time were people whom we consider to be giants in their profession,
engineers with great foresight. Much of the material in this book is
tied in some way to these individuals. Indeed, we are all indebted to
them. In the testing facility archives, photographs taken at USU about
1967, of the committee, were found–two are included here. Also in the
photos are some USU personnel. (See Figs. P.1 and P.2.)
In preparation of this Third Edition, we have drawn greatly from the
second edition. Also, the source material has been used from various
standards and handbooks. Acknowledgment is given throughout the
book where this material is used.
We express our deepest appreciation to those who helped to make
this edition possible. We are indebted to:
Dr. Mohammad Najafi of the University of Texas at Arlington, who
has revised the material on trenchless technology found in Chap. 8.
Thanks goes to Dr. Najafi and others who helped with the publica-
tions he supplied. His works with his coauthors are found in the
References of Chap. 8.

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