STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE AND LOAD REACTION PATTERNS OF FLEXIBLE ALUMINUM CULVERT

IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1962 LIVE LOAD TESTS WERE PERFORMED ON SEVEN ALUMINUM CULVERTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 24 IN. TO 54 IN. STRAIN MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH MEASUREMENTS OF SOIL PRESSURE DEVELOPED AROUND THE CULVERT AND WITH MEASUREMENTS OF CULVERT DEFLECTION. ALL TESTING WAS DONE IN SOIL COMPACTED TO 90 PERCENT BY THE MODIFIED AASHO METHOD. ALL APPLIED LOADS WERE AASHO-H20. THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE DATA COLLECTED AND POINTS OUT THE LOAD-SOIL REACTION RELATIONSHIPS FOUND TO EXIST. THE SOIL PRESSURE AND CULVERT STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS AROUND THE CULVERTS ARE PRESENTED AND SIZE-TO-SIZE AND FILL HEIGHT-TO- FILL HEIGHT COMPARISONS GIVEN. RECOMMENDED MINIMUM FILL HEIGHT TABLES ARE PRESENTED AS A DEVELOPMENT OF THE DATA COLLECTED IN THIS SERIES OF TESTS. THE TESTS INDICATED THAT UNDER CONCENTRATED LOADING AND UNDER CONDITIONS OF HIGH COMPACTION, ALUMINUM CULVERTS INITIALLY TEND TO MOVE TOWARD A SQUARE SHAPE. THE DATA SUPPORTING THIS PROPOSITION ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No56, Pp47-70, 15FIG, 11TAB, 13REF Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Valentine, H E
• Publication Date: 1964

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 47-70
• Monograph Title: Pipes, drainage structures and cylinder pile retaining wall
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 56
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Aluminum; Aluminum culverts; Culverts; Deflection; Earth pressure; Fills; Flexibility; Geometric configurations and shapes; Height; Kinetics; Live loads; Motor reactions; Performance; Soil compaction; Strain measurement; Structural analysis; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Aasho-h20; Fill-height tables; Reaction kinetics; Square shape
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203928
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 20 1994 12:00AM