BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 1778:2000 Characteristic values for welded thermoplastics constructions Determination of allowable stresses and moduli for design of thermoplastics equipment The European Standard EN 1778:1999 has the status of a British Standard ICS83.080.20;83.140.01 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BS BSEN1778:2000 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 1778:1999. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/80 Welding thermoplastics which has the responsibility to: -aid enquirers to understand the text; -present to the responsible European mittee any enquiries on the interpretation or proposals for change and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related intermational and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this mittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled“International Standards Correspondence Index'" or by using the “Find"facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract.Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document prises a front cover an inside front cover the EN title page pages 2 to 52 an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. This British Standard having Amendments issued since publication been prepared under the direction of the Sector Amd.No. Date Comments Committee for Materials and Chemicals was published under the authority of t...