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Title:

STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF PERFORATED PVC PIPE

Accession Number:

00627153

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309054141

Abstract:

Plastic pipes are being used increasingly in transportation facilities and for other infrastructural applications. However, limited information is available on the performance of these pipes under live load. Furthermore, little is known about total deflections and their relationship to corresponding strains induced on the outside and inside surface of the pipe. Since laboratory tests cannot effectively model these variables, a field facility must be used to study these pipes. This paper presents information on the response and performance of a small-diameter pipe under field conditions. Unique instrumentation, developed for small-diameter pipes by the lead author, provided a means for installing strain gauges on the interior surface of the pipe. Analysis of the strains and deflections for 10 incremental loads up to a total load of 187 tons showed that the strains caused by the backfill and live load were not very large. However, at a total load exceeding about 80 tons large changes occurred in the strain, particularly the transverse strain. Deflections during the application of the live load were small. However, deflections caused by the backfill alone were large, and the backfill process had an influence on the subsequent performance under application of load.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1371, Bridge, Culvert, and Tunnel Research. 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 Accession #:

01405120

Language:

English

Authors:

Sargand, Shad M
Mitchell, Gayle F
Kastner, Robert
Rueda, Julian

Pagination:

p. 162-167

Publication Date:

1992

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1371
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309054141

Features:

Figures (6) ; Photos (2) ; References (12) ; Tables (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

External; Internal

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Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 24 1993 12:00AM

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