FIELD PERFORMANCE REPORT ON PVC PIPE, CAMPBELL COUNTY
This report documents the installation and performance of PVC pipe installed on KY 9 in Campbell County. The pipe installed was Perma-Loc, manufactured by J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. The pipes appear to be performing well with the clean coarse sand backfill. It is apparent that the pipe is brittle at lower temperatures, and caution should be exercised during cold weather construction. It is apparent that the contractor achieved substantial compaction around the haunches and the side of the pipe which is helping to reduce pipe deflection. In July 1995, the pipes will have been installed for approximately two years. Minor changes in pipe deflection are still occurring in approximately 40% of the pipes. The other 60% appear to be stabilized.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Federal Aid Research Task 61.
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Corporate Authors:
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Kentucky Transportation Center
College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
Lexington, KY United States 40506-0281Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY United States 40622Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Fleckenstein, L J
- Allen, D L
- Publication Date: 1995-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 38 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Backfilling; Brittleness; Building; Compaction; Deflection; Facilities; Installation; Low temperature; Performance; Performance evaluations; Pipe; Polyvinyl chloride; Sand
- Uncontrolled Terms: Field performance
- Old TRIS Terms: Backfills
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00738952
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: University of Kentucky, Lexington
- Report/Paper Numbers: KTC-95-2
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jul 21 1997 12:00AM