A STUDY OF SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION OF BURIED CONCRETE PIPE

A long-range research project was undertaken by the American Concrete Pipe Association to investigate the nature of the loading imposed on a concrete pipe when it is buried at a significant depth below the surface of the ground. The project consisted of an experimental and an analytical phase. The data from the experimental programs were used to assist in the development of a comprehensive finite-element program which can simulate the behavior of buried pipelines. This paper presents an overview of the entire project and describes in detail the structural aspects of the experimental phases of the research program.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • A symposium presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Testing and Materials, Chicago, Illinois, 27 June-2 July, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

  100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
  West Conshohocken, PA  United States  19428-2957
• Authors:
  • Parmelee, R A
• Publication Date: 1977-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 66-75
• Serial:
  • ASTM Special Technical Publications
  • Issue Number: 630
  • Publisher: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pipe; Finite element method; Loads; Pipe; Simulation; Soil structure interaction; Structural analysis; Underground structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Loading
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164869
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM