Concrete stormwater drainage pipelines: acceptance using CCTV inspection

The increasing use of CCTV inspections for acceptance of stormwater as well as sewer pipelines has highlighted a number of installation issues, including that of cracking due to construction overload. Cracking has been "enshrined" in Australian and New Zealand Standards for concrete pipe. In America, and subsequently in Australia and New Zealand, the crack widths were set arbitrarily for the purpose of the test and do not represent limits either from the aspect of structural adequacy or protection of the steel reinforcement. When design or installation requirements have not been met on a particular project, cracks wider than these empirical limits may appear inside the pipeline. This paper reviews action taken to address serviceability issues with installed pipelines, together with experience and scientific evidence in relation to cracking of steel reinforced concrete. Criteria are proposed for acceptance of pipelines constructed from steel reinforced concrete pipe. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E213488.

• Authors:
  • MCGUIRE, P V
  • HARRISON, N L
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 7P
• Monograph Title: Lifestyle, services, infrastructure: Adelaide International Public Works Conference, 21-25 August 2005: conference proceedings
• Serial:
  • ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS CONFERENCE, 2005, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher: INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING AUSTRALIA (IPWEA)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Drainage; Image processing; Pipe; Reinforced concrete; Runoff; Soil mechanics; Television
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 2937: Drainage; 8633: Image processing; 3361: Pipe; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 4329: Run off; 5755: Soil mechanics; 6949: Television
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01032049
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 6 2006 1:11PM