CONCRETE TUNNEL LINERS: STRUCTURAL TESTING OF CAST-IN-PLACE LINERS

A series of 4 tests on circular steel-fiber-reinforced concrete tunnel liners without conventional bar reinforcement is described. The specimens simulate cast-in-place liners made by a slipform system, and were 10 ft (3.05 m) OD and had a 6-in. (152 mm) uniform thickness. Radial loads were applied with hydraulic rams at 12 equally spaced locations around the liner with some rams active and some passive to represent active ground loads above a tunnel and lateral resistance on the sides. Rams that represented the passive soil resistance were given a predetermined load-deflection relationship. Overall deformability, distribution of loads around the specimens and computed internal forces are presented for the tests.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-252 934.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Urbana, IL  United States  61801

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Paul, S L
  • Ferrera-Boza, R A
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 119 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cast in place structures; Concrete; Concrete construction; Deformation; Fibers; Load transfer; Loads; Material reinforcement; Metal fibers; Reinforced concrete; Simulation; Slip form pavers; Steel; Testing; Thickness; Tunnel lining; Tunnels; Underground structures
• Old TRIS Terms: Liners; Rams; Resistance; Slip casting; Slip forms; Underground supporting
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136900
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UILU-ENG-75-2014 Final Rpt., FRA-ORD-75-94
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-30022
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 22 1976 12:00AM