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Title: STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF BURIED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PIPES UNDER LARGE DISTRIBUTED LOAD
Accession Number: 00715654
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Two polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes of nominal diameters 457 and 914 mm (18 and 36 in.) were fully instrumented and loaded to failure at the Ohio University load frame facility site as part of a major field testing program of plastic pipes. Before load testing, each pipe was backfilled with crushed limestone material meeting the Ohio Department of Transportation no. 310 subbase specifications. Height of backfill soil over crown was 610 mm (24 in.) for the 457-mm (18-in.) diameter pipe and 305 mm (12 in.) for the 914-mm (36-in.) diameter pipe. A specially designed rotational linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) deflection measurement system was inserted into the pipe to monitor the cross-sectional deformation. During the incremental stages of backfilling and load testing, readings from the strain gages and the LVDT system were recorded by computerized data acquisition units. Test data were analyzed to establish load-deflection curves, bending moment and thrust responses, and failure modes of the buried PVC pipes. In addition, analytical results from modified Iowa formula and elastic solutions of J.Q. Burns and R.M. Richard were compared with the experimental results to evaluate general applicability of these analytical methods. The findings of this study indicated that the elastic solutions are valuable for analyzing flexible pipes buried in a homogeneous soil with loaded boundary more than one pipe diameter away.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1514, Design and Performance of Underground Pipe. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01399833
Language: English
Authors: Sargand, Shad MHazen, Glenn ALiu, XuegangMasada, TeruhisaHurd, John OPagination: p. 59-67
Publication Date: 1995
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TRT Terms:
Alternatives analysis; Analysis; Automatic data collection systems; Backfilling; Bending moments; Crushed limestone; Data analysis; Deflection; Deformation; Diameter; Differentials (Gears); Failure; Load tests; Loads; Mathematical analysis; Measuring instruments; Mechanical tests; Pipe; Strain gages; Transformers; Transition curves; Underground structures
Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 25 1996 12:00AM
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