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Evaluation of flexible pipes under shallow burial depths
- Date Issued:
- 2002
- Summary:
- Flexible plastic and metal pipes are increasingly being used for drainage and storm sewers. When flexible pipes are buried at shallow depths, the pipe behavior will not depend on the dead load pressure above the crown, but rather on the live load pressure (vehicle load). Field tests were designed to evaluate the performance of large diameter flexible pipes of 36 in. (915 mm.) and 48 in. (1050 mm.) under shallow burial depths subjected to the actual vehicle loading. The test pipes included high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes, steel pipes and aluminum pipes. AASHTO standard pipe installation procedures were followed and pipes subjected to vehicle loads simulating the effect of HS 20-44 trucks. Measurements of interior pipe-wall strains, soil pressures at different depths and pipe deformations were taken to determine the influence of surface vehicle loads. Results of field tests are compared with those based on theoretical analyses.
Title: | Evaluation of flexible pipes under shallow burial depths. |
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Name(s): |
Wang, Ning. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Arockiasamy, Madasamy, Thesis advisor College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 2002 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 244 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Flexible plastic and metal pipes are increasingly being used for drainage and storm sewers. When flexible pipes are buried at shallow depths, the pipe behavior will not depend on the dead load pressure above the crown, but rather on the live load pressure (vehicle load). Field tests were designed to evaluate the performance of large diameter flexible pipes of 36 in. (915 mm.) and 48 in. (1050 mm.) under shallow burial depths subjected to the actual vehicle loading. The test pipes included high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes, steel pipes and aluminum pipes. AASHTO standard pipe installation procedures were followed and pipes subjected to vehicle loads simulating the effect of HS 20-44 trucks. Measurements of interior pipe-wall strains, soil pressures at different depths and pipe deformations were taken to determine the influence of surface vehicle loads. Results of field tests are compared with those based on theoretical analyses. | |
Identifier: | 9780493772851 (isbn), 12929 (digitool), FADT12929 (IID), fau:9801 (fedora) | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): |
College of Engineering and Computer Science Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002. |
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Subject(s): |
Underground pipelines--Design and construction Soil-structure interaction Structural analysis (Engineering) Earth pressure |
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Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |