Compacting Pipeline Embedment Soils with Saturation and Vibration

Proper buried pipeline installation relies on support for the pipe in the haunch area. This is necessary for all types of pipe material. One method of obtaining haunch support is by using a cohesionless soils and providing compaction by using saturation and internal vibration (jetting and vibrating). The method uses internal concrete vibrators and enough water to lubricate the soil particles. The method has two significant advantages: (1) the soil in the pipe haunch area can be effectively compacted to a high density, and (2) the compacted lift thickness can be several feet thick, limited by only the length of the vibrator. Denver Water has been utilizing this method since the 1960s. US Bureau of Reclamation has been using the method since the 1950s and at one time saturation and vibration was their only acceptable compaction method for pipe embedment. This paper will describe research investigations and present case studies on the use of compaction of cohesionless soils by saturation and internal vibration.

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  https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479360.057
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  • © 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Turney, Matt S
  • Howard, Amster
  • Bambei, John H
• Conference:
  • Pipelines 2015
  • Location: Baltimore Maryland, United States
  • Date: 2015-8-23 to 2015-8-26
• Publication Date: 2015-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 615-625
• Monograph Title: Pipelines 2015: Recent Advances in Underground Pipeline Engineering and Construction

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Embedment (Building); Granular soils; Pipelines; Saturated soils; Soil particles; Underground structures; Vibration
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Pipelines; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01576640
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784479360
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Sep 25 2015 4:20PM