Two 1.524-m-diameter, reinforced concrete pipes were instrumented to compare field results with design calculations. A computer program, Standard Installation Direct Design, developed by the American Concrete Pipe Association was used to design the pipe. Instrumented pipes were completely monitored until 11.9 m of cover had been placed. Measurements of soil contact pressures and vertical and horizontal deflections continued for 6 months. The computer-simulated and observed responses of the buried concrete pipe installations were compared. Pipe contact pressures measured at the invert were much smaller than those assumed from calculations of thrust and moment. Design moments were conservative compared with the experimentally measured values. Thrusts are difficult to calculate accurately and show large experimental variations.


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    Title :

    Field Performance of Instrumented Concrete Pipe Under Deep Burial


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1997-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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