“…In the current All Union State standard 18599-2001 for polyethylene pipes introduced the concept -the nominal outside diameter d. According to ISO 161-1-2004 this value is the minimum average external diameter d em , which, in turn, is the measured outer perimeter of the pipe divided by the number π (3,142), rounded up to 0.1 mm [11]. In accordance with All Union State standard 18599-2001, the definition of "design internal diameter of a pipe" is introduced only by the value of the nominal wall thickness e, also contained in ISO 4065 and corresponding to the minimum permissible wall thickness at any point of the pipe, e min -as a normative.…”