METHODS OF PUSHING

THERE ARE MANY METHODS OF PUSHING AVAILABLE FOR PLACING CULVERTS OR SERVICE PIPES UNDER EMBANKMENTS OR ROADS: IMPACT METHODS, SIMPLE HORIZONTAL PRESSING EQUIPMENT AND HEAVY PRESSES. THE ADVANTAGES OF THESE METHODS ARE THAT THEY CAUSE LITTLE DISTURBANCE TO TRAFFIC, DO NOT INDUCE SETTLEMENT AND DO NOT DAMAGE OTHER PIPES. THE VARIOUS METHODS AND EQUIPMENT USED ARE DISCISSED. /TRRL/

• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 3-13
• Serial:
  • Tiefbau /Germany/
  • Volume: 83
  • Issue Number: 1&8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building; Construction; Culverts; Equipment; Facilities; Installation; Pipe
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215731
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM