DESIGN OF CIRCULAR CONCRETE PIPE REINFORCED WITH WELDED DEFORMED WIRE FABRIC

THE STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF CIRCULAR CONCRETE PIPE REINFORCED WITH WELDED DEFORMED WIRE FABRIC HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED RELATIVE TO THE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS OF ASTM C 76. THREE-EDGE BEARING TESTS, AS DEFINED IN ASTM C497, WERE CARRIED OUT ON 70 FULL-SCALE PIPE SPECIMENS. THEORETICAL ANALYSES OF CRACKING, ULTIMATE FLEXURAL AND ULTIMATE DIAGONAL TENSION BEHAVIOR ARE DEVELOPED. EQUATIONS ARE PRESENTED FOR 0.01-IN CRACK STRENGTH AND ULTIMATE STRENGTH. WHERE NECESSARY, TEST RESULTS WERE USED TO DETERMINE SEMI-EMPIRICAL CONSTANTS IN THESE EQUATIONS. A COMPLETE DESIGN PROCEDURE IS SUGGESTED FOR C76 PIPE WITH WELDED DEFORMED WIRE FABRIC REINFORCING. THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS INDICATE THAT WELDED DEFORMED WIRE FABRIC REINFORCING CONTROLS CRACK WIDTH MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN THE VARIOUS NON-DEFORMED REINFORCEMENTS NOW IN COMMON USE FOR CONCRETE PIPE. CONSEQUENTLY, FOR SIZES AND STRENGTH CLASSES WHERE STEEL AREA REQUIREMENTS ARE GOVERNED BY 0.01-IN CRACK STRENGTH CRITERIA, C76 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS MAY BE ACHIEVED WITH SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN QUANTITY OF REINFORCING STEEL WITH THE USE OF WELDED DEFORMED WIRE FABRIC REINFORCING. IN GENERAL, THIS RANGE ENCOMPASSES STRENGTH CLASSES II, III, IV AND HIGHER IN SIZES ABOVE 42- IN. DIAMETER. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1967/176/176-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by the Committee on Culverts and Culvert Pipe. 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:
  • Heger, Frank J
  • Gillespie, James W
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-34
• Monograph Title: Structural Design of Culverts and Pipe
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 176
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearing tests; Concrete pipe; Control; Cracking; Fracture mechanics; Material reinforcement; Specimens; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Tensile strength; Theory; Ultimate strength; Welded wire fabrics; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Structural behavior
• Old TRIS Terms: Full scale specimens
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216169
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-000 708
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 23 1994 12:00AM