FLOW BEHAVIOR OF KINKED STRIP DRAINS

Due to the often expressed concern over the axial deformation of strip drains and the resulting impact on flow rate, this study has been undertaken. A laboratory experiment has been constructed, evaluated, and standardized so that strip drain flow rates can be measured in a kinked, or crimped, condition and compared to flow rates in the as received condition. This device has been evaluated using a wide range of commercially available strip drains. In general, it is seen that all drains decrease in flow rate when severely kinked, but to widely varying degrees, i.e., from 9% to 100%. Furthermore, no single physical feature of the strip drain was discovered which would aim in a visual prediction of the kinked behavior. The conclusion reached is that each strip drain type must be separately evaluated under representative in situ conditions.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Lawrence, C A
  • Koerner, R M
• Conference:
  • Symposium on Geosynthetics for Soil Improvement at the ASCE Convention
  • Location: Nashville, Tennessee
  • Date: 1998-5-9 to 1998-5-9
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 22-39

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axial compression; Deformation; Drains; Flow measurement; Laboratory tests; Performance evaluations; Strip foundations; Water
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766651
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0872626482
• Report/Paper Numbers: Geotechnical Special, Publication 18
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 1 1999 12:00AM