RESPONSE OF CORRUGATED STEEL PIPE TO EXTERNAL SOIL PRESSURES, WITH DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE
FULL-SCALE EXTERNAL LOAD TESTING OF BURIED CORRUGATED STEEL PIPES SHOWS THE STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE LIMITS OF THE SOIL-PIPE SYSTEM. THE TESTS INDICATE THAT THE 3 MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS INFLUENCING PERFORMANCE ARE THE YIELD POINT STRENGTH OF THE PIPE WALL, THE SOIL COMPRESSIBILITY (DETERMINED PRIMARILY BY SOIL DENSITY), AND THE RING FLEXIBILITY OF THE PIPE. THE EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP OF THESE 3 FACTORS IS PLOTTED ON A GRAPH FROM WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO DESIGN BURIED CORRUGATED STEEL PIPES. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Watkins, Reynold K
- Moser, Alma P
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Discussers:
- Spangler, M G
- Parmelee, Richard A
- Publication Date: 1971
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References;
- Pagination: pp 86 - 112
- Monograph Title: Design of culverts, energy dissipators and filter systems
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 373
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Compression tests; Corrugated pipe; Design; Earth pressure; Loads; Metal pipe; Performance tests; Properties of materials; Soils; Steel pipe
- Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Soil properties
- Old TRIS Terms: Ring compression and flexibility factor
- Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00217186
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 23 1972 12:00AM