THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PIPE CULVERTS

THE STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF FLEXIBLE PIPE CULVERTS WAS STUDIED WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF DEVELOPING A RATIONAL THEORY OF DESIGN. LABORATORY TEST RESULTS JUSTIFIED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE DEFLECTIONS AND ACCOMPANYING CHANGES IN RADIUS OF CURVATURE WERE RELATIVELY LARGE, THE ELASTIC THEORY WA APPLICABLE TO CORRUGATED METAL PIPES UNDER TWO POINT LOADING WITHIN A TOLERANCE PROBABLY NO GREATER THAN THAT OCCASIONED BY VARIATIONS IN THE MODULUS OF ELASTICITY OF THE METAL, VARIATIONS IN GAGE THICKNESS, DEPTH AND SPACING OF CORRUGATIONS, AND OTHER VARIABLES INHERENT I IN THE MANUFACUTE OF THIS TYPE OF CONDUIT. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE THEORY WOULD APPLY FOR A CORRUGATED CULVERT PIPE INSTALLED UNDER AN EMBANKMENT. THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE FILL LOADS WAS SUMMARIZED. A DESIGN FORMULA FOR THE HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION OF FLEXIBLE CULVERT PIPE WAS GIVEN AND ITS APPLICABILITY TESTED IN FIELD STUDIES.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/17/17Pt1-014.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 17, ParT I, PP 235-239, 1 FIG, 3 PHOT 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:
  • Spangler, M G
  • Shafer, G E
• Publication Date: 1938

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. November 30, December 1, 2, 3, 1937. Part I
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 17
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conduits; Corrugated metal culverts; Corrugated pipe culverts; Curvature; Deflection; Elasticity (Mechanics); Field studies; Fills; Flexible structures; Formulas; Hypothesis testing; Loads; Pipe culverts; Radius; Structural analysis; Structural design; Structural mechanics; Theory
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hypothesis; Structural behavior
• Old TRIS Terms: Elastic theory; Flexible conduits; Radius of curvature
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204302
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM