Results of experiments on private roadway near Chapel Hill, N. C.; tests so far performed confirm theory on culvert pipes, namely, that pressures vary inversely as some power of deflection of pipe; values were obtained of ratio of actual earth pressure to weight of prism of earth directly over pipe.


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    Title :

    Earth pressures on culvert pipes


    Additional title:

    Pub. Roads


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1927


    Size :

    8 pages


    Remarks:

    19 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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