CORRUGATED METAL PIPE CULVERTS' STRUCTURAL DESIGN CRITERIA AND RECOMMENDED INSTALLATION PRACTICES

A DESIGN METHOD IS PRESENTED HEREIN WHICH TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE MAJOR FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF CORRUGATED METAL PIPE CULVERTS. THE FACTORS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE MANY YEARS OF FIELD EXPERIENCE WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF FLEXIBLE CULVERTS AND THE VAST AMOUNT OF RESEARCH STUDIES ON BURIED FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES. BASED ON THESE FACTORS, DESIGN CRITERIA ARE PRESENTED AND A DESIGN CHART HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR EACH TYPE OF CORRUGATION SHOWING MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE FILL HEIGHTS FOR EACH OF THE DESIGN CRITERIA. INASMUCH AS THE ADEQUACY OF ANY PIPE DESIGN CAN BE NULLIFIED BY POOR INSTALLATION PRACTICES SUCH AS LACK OF UNIFORMITY IN PIPEBED BEARING, POOR QUALITY OF SIDEFILL MATERIAL OR LACK OF ADEQUATE COMPACTION THEREOF, A SECTION ON INSTALLATION PRACTICES IS INCLUDED WHICH SETS UP BASIC INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF PIPE CULVERTS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Government Printing Office

  Superintendent of Documents
  Washington, DC  United States  20402-9325
• Authors:
  • Townsend, M
• Publication Date: 1966-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Charts; Corrugated metal culverts; Corrugated pipe culverts; Design; Field studies; Fills; Flexibility; Installation; Research; Tubing; Underground structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Field data
• Old TRIS Terms: Flexible tubing
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216115
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 26 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 25 1994 12:00AM