<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>TRB Publications Index</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/</link><atom:link href="http://pubsindex.trb.org/common/TRIS Suite/feeds/rss.aspx?tc=NN%3ARbmdqbc%2A" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright © 2015. National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.</copyright><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><managingEditor>tris-trb@nas.edu (Bill McLeod)</managingEditor><webMaster>tris-trb@nas.edu (Bill McLeod)</webMaster><image><title>TRB Publications Index</title><url>http://pubsindex.trb.org/Images/PageHeader-wTitle.png</url><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/</link></image><item><title>Optimization as Applied to Development of Thermoplastic Pipe Profiles</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1496105</link><description><![CDATA[Optimization is a powerful general tool that can be used to improve the performance and efficiency of any system or structure through iterative calculation and constraints. The applications to structural design are wide-ranging and rapidly developing. This paper describes optimization of corrugated thermoplastic pipe. Three general corrugated profile geometries were selected based on comparative physical testing of existing production profiles. These three profiles were optimized to maximize longitudinal flexibility while maintaining pipe stiffness and reducing material weight. The optimized profiles showed significantly improved performance relative to the existing profiles. The approach described here can be generally applied to other structures or systems to improve performance through optimization.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:47:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1496105</guid></item><item><title>Structures 2010</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1084113</link><description><![CDATA[This issue contains 22 papers concerned with various aspects of structures.  Included in the topics discussed are the following:  grouting materials and methods; barge-bridge collisions; fire hazard in bridges; wind gusts on sign support structures; neoprene bearing pads; retrofit bridge rail; I-girder stability during erection of steel bridges; cast-steel joints for special-shape bridges; erection guidelines for double I-girder systems; staged posttensioning of concrete bridges; bond and anchorage of high-strength reinforcing steel in concrete bridges; flexural behavior of concrete bridges with high-strength bars; inspection of voids in external tendons; structural health monitoring; field testing of a railway bridge; shear and moment girder distribution factors with built-in optical fiber sensor system; crack detectability and durability of coaxial cable sensors; seismic design of a cable-stayed bridge; seismic design of buried structures; effect of bedding thickness on behavior of rigid pipes; oxidation degradation of high-density polyethylene corrugated pipe resin; and fiber-reinforced polymer configuration effect on the reliability of flexurally strengthened concrete beams.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/1084113</guid></item><item><title>Pennsylvania Thermoplastic Pipe Deep Burial Project: The 20th-Year Investigations</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/848103</link><description><![CDATA[In June of 2007, the Ohio University research team visited the 610-mm (24-inch) diameter corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipeline structure located under 30.5-m (100.0-ft) high embankment of Interstate Highway 279, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  This visit marked the 20th year of the field research project.  The team conducted visual inspections of the pipeline along with in-situ pipe drilling experiment. 	The in-situ pipe wall drilling experiment conducted at the site induced strains in the pipe wall.  However, the strains dissipated completely within 5 seconds.  This demonstrated the nature of the viscoelastic material and a lack of significant stress levels existing in the pipe wall.   Localized cracking of the pipe end was observed at joints positioned under more than 21.3 m (70.0 ft) soil fill and where two sections of Type C pipe were connected.  The cracking observed in 2007 appeared to show insignificant changes from those observed during the 2002 inspections.  No signs of structural distress were detected inside pipe sections that were under less than 21.3 m (70.0 ft) of soil fill.   	The pipe deflections have been stable for a number of years.  The horizontal deflection changed by only 0.3% over the past 17 years.  The vertical deflection has hardly changed over the past 18 years.  The pipe circumferential shortening has increased by less than 0.2% over the last 18 years. 	Finally, the results of the laboratory tests showed that no noticeable changes took place in the mechanical properties of the HDPE pipe material over the past 20 years.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:25:12 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/848103</guid></item><item><title>MINIMUM COVER HEIGHTS FOR CORRUGATED PLASTIC PIPE UNDER VEHICLE LOADING</title><link>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/354018</link><description><![CDATA[The minimum soil cover requirements are provided for corrugated plastic pipe (high density polyethylene) to safely withstand vehicular loading when the pipe is installed under roadways such as in culvert applications. Pipe diameters ranging from 12 to 36 in. and all pipe wall corrugations currently produced are also included.  Design criteria are adopted from AASHTO specifications, and it is discussed that the allowable deflection criterion, 7.5% of the pipe diameter, controls the minimum soil cover requirement.  It is also discussed that by increasing the corrugation's moment of inertia or improving the quality of the soil or both the minimum soil cover requirement can be reduced.  Design solutions are obtained with aid of CANDE, the plane strain computer program.  A new methodology is introduced to account for the three-dimensional effects of tire loads (H-trucks) in the context of a plane strain analysis.  The design/analysis methodology is shown to compare favorably with field data for the shallow buried plastic pipes with simulated H-20 truck loadings.  As a final result, design tables and guidelines are presented that specify the minimum required soil cover as a function of pipe diameter, H-truck loading, corrugation section properties, and soil type and percent compaction.  Also, the results are extended to railroad loadings.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 1991 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pubsindex.trb.org/view/354018</guid></item></channel></rss>