INFLUENCE OF SOIL CHARACTERISTICS ON DEFORMATION OF EMBEDDED FLEXIBLE PIPE CULVERTS
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE IF THE MODULUS OF SOIL REACTION IS A FUNCTION OF ANY OF THE EASILY MEASURED SOIL PROPERTIES BY THE APPLICATION OF MODEL ANALYSIS. EXPERIMENTAL DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM TESTS ON A MODEL SOIL- CULVERT SYSTEM. APPLIED AND EVALUATED WAS A GIVEN FORMULA, KNOWN AS THE IOWA FORMULA, DEVISED BY M.G. SPANGLER OF IOWA STATE COLLEGE. THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE PRESENTED IN TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL FORM. ONE FINDING IS THAT THE MODULUS OF SOIL REACTION FOR A FLEXIBLE CULVERT IS DEPENDENT ON THE SOIL ONLY AND MAY BE ASSUMED CONSTANT FOR ANY GIVEN SOIL.
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Supplemental Notes:
- No 223, pp 14-24, 11 FIG, 1 TAB, 6 REF Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Watkins, R K
- Publication Date: 1959
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 11p
- Monograph Title: Embedded flexible metal pipe culverts
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 223
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Culverts; Deformation; Evaluation; Flexibility; Formulas; Graphics; Modulus of elasticity; Pipe culverts; Properties of materials; Soils; Tables (Data)
- Uncontrolled Terms: Experimental data; Graphical analysis; Model tests
- Old TRIS Terms: Soil characteristics; Test results
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00216653
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Sep 16 1994 12:00AM