BEHAVIOR OF ASTM C 850 CONCRETE BOX CULVERTS WITHOUT SHEAR CONNECTORS

Two ASTM C 850 7 x 5 reinforced-concrete box culvert sections were fabricated, assembled without shear connectors, and loaded on both the 5- and 7-ft spans with simulated service and ultimate wheel loads. The load was applied at three points along the culvert centerline on either side of the joint and at one unsupported edge. Measured deflections and reinforcing steel strains are compared with predicted deflections and moments. Crack patterns are also reported. It was found that the 7 x 5 box design is conservative, and that live-load stresses and deflections caused by design service wheel loads are acceptable without shear connectors.

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• Authors:
  • James, Ray W
• Conference:
  • Symposium on Durability of Culverts and Storm Drains, 1984, Washington, Dc, USA
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 104-111
• Monograph Title: Symposium on durability of culverts and storm drains
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1001
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box culverts; Breaking loads; Deflection; Live loads; Reinforced concrete; Reinforcing steel; Strain (Mechanics); Stresses; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Structural behavior
• Old TRIS Terms: Strains
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Materials; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450743
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309038103
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 28 1986 12:00AM