Plastic Pipe Industry Publications

1.	E. F. Palermo and M. Cassaday, “Comparison of Water/Methane Stress Rupture Testing", AGA PMC Workshop (1982).
2.	E. F. Palermo, "Aging of Plastic Pipe", AGA PMC Workshop (1983).
3.	E. F. Palermo and I. K. DeBlieu, "Aging of Polyethylene Pipes in Gas Distribution Service", AGA Distribution Conference (1983).
4.	E. F. Palermo and I. K. DeBlieu, "Compression Ring Environmental Stress Crack Resistance (Pipe) Precision and Accuracy Round Robin", ASTM Quality Assurance Symposium (1983).
5.	E. F. Palermo, "Rate Process Method as a Practical Approach to a Quality Control Method for Polyethylene Pipe", Eighth Plastic Pipe Symposium (1983).
6.	E. F. Palermo, “Plastic Piping Material", South Eastern Gas Association Meeting (1984).
7.	E. F. Palermo and I. K. DeBlieu, “Rate Process Concepts Applied to Hydrostatically Rating PE Pipe", Ninth Plastic Pipe Symposium (1985).
8.	E. F. Palermo, “Battelle Slow Crack Growth Test - DuPont Technical Position", AGA PMC Workshop (1986).
9.	E. F. Palermo, “Impact Tests on Saddle Fittings to Determine Conformance to ASTM F905”, AGA Distribution Conference (1986).
10.	E. F. Palermo, "New ASTM D 2513 Outdoor Storage Requirements", AGA PMC Workshop (1987).
11.	E. F. Palermo, “Polyethylene Pipe for Gas Distribution - That Was Then, This is Now”, Irish Gas Association Centenary Conference (1987).
12.	E. F. Palermo, “Plastic Pipe/Fitting Failure: Cause and Prevention”, Pacific Coast Gas Association Workshop (1987).
13.	E. F. Palermo, K. G. Toll, G. T. Appleton, "Using Laboratory Tests on PE Piping Systems to Solve Gas Distribution Engineering Problems", Tenth Plastic Pipe Symposium (1987).
14.	E. F. Palermo, “Critical Evaluation of Rate Process Method 'Anomalies’”, AGA PMC Workshop (1988).
15.	E. F. Palermo, K. Gunther, and M. Kanninen, "Progress Toward Designing PE Gas Pipe Against RCP (Rapid Crack Propagation)", AGA PMC Workshop (1989).
16.	E. F. Palermo, "Large Diameter Plastic Pipe Damage Investigation", Midwest Gas Association Meeting (1989).
17.	E. F. Palermo, K. Gunther, and D. VanDeventer, "Squeeze-Off of Large Diameter Polyethylene Pipe", AGA Distribution Conference (1990).
18.	E. F. Palermo, “ASTM/ISO Rating Methods – bridging the gap across the waters”, Plastics Pipes IX (1995).
19.	E. F. Palermo, “High Pressure Gas Distribution Piping System”, AGA Distribution Conference (1996).
20.	E. F. Palermo, “Plastic Pipe Design Equation Update”, AGA Distribution Conference (1997).
21.	E. F. Palermo and D. B. Edwards, “An Alternate Method for Determining the Hydrostatic Design Basis for Plastic Pipe Material”, Plastics Pipes X (1998).
22.	E. F. Palermo, “Comparison of ASTM and ISO Gas Pipe Standards”, AGA Distribution Conference (2001).
23.	E. F. Palermo, “PPI Adopts International Pressure Rating Method for Plastic Piping Materials”, Plastics Pipes XI (2001).
24.	E. F. Palermo, “What’s New with ASTM, DOT and ISO?”, AGA Distribution Conference (2003).
25.	E. F. Palermo and J. Zhou, “Can ISO MRS and ASTM HDB Rated Materials Be Harmonized”, Plastics Pipes XII (2004).
26.	E. F. Palermo, “Correlating Aldyl ‘A’ and Century PE Pipe RPM Projections With Actual Field Performance”, Plastics Pipes XII (2004).

27. E. F. Palermo, “High Performance Bimodal PE 100 Materials For Gas Piping Applications”, AGA Distribution Conference (2005)

28. E. F. Palermo and Steve Swanstrom, “Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipe (RTP) for High- Pressure (800 psig) Gas Piping Applications”, AGA Distribution Conference (2006)

29. E. F. Palermo and E. Lever, “Innovative Methodology for Fitting Lifetime Prediction and Process Control by Correlating Rate Process Method Analysis of Molded Fittings with Notch Ring Test Data”, Plastics Pipes XIII (2006)

30. E. F. Palermo et al, “New Test Method to Determine the Effect of Recycled Materials on the Life of Corrugated HDPE Pipe as Projected by the Rate Process Method”, Plastics Pipes XIII (2006)

31. E. F. Palermo, “Using the CRS Concept for Plastic Pipe Design Applications”, Plastics Pipes XIII (2006)

32. E. F. Palermo and J. M. Kurdziel, “Stress Crack Resistance of Structural Members in Corrugated High Density Polyethylene Pipe”, Transportation Research Board (2007)

33. E. F. Palermo et al, “Effect of Elevated Ground Temperature (from Electric Cables) on the Pressure Rating of PE Pipe in Gas Piping Applications”, AGA Distribution Conference (2007)

34. E. F. Palermo and S. Chung, “Rate Process Method Applied to Service Life Forecast of PE Molded Fittings”, AGA Distribution Conference (2008)

35. E. F. Palermo, “What’s New With Plastic Pipes – An Overview”, Plastics in Underground Pipes 2008.