A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Structural Behavior of a Reinforced Concrete Arch Culvert. Volume III. Appendix I, Part I
The report documents not only the results of experiments on a full scale reinforced arch culvert of ten-foot span under a fill of 200 feet, but also the comprehensive analytical studies undertaken to find the causes of the observed structural behavior on this culvert and several others in which severe distress was observed. The prototype test structure was extensively instrumented to measure embankment pressures acting upon the sides and crown of the arch as well as those developed under the footings, internal bending strains in the reinforcing steel, strains and internal forces in the concrete, pressures developed in the embankment at several levels and positions relative to the culvert, and the distortions and rigid bond displacements of the barrel. The primary objectives of the research were (1) to develop accurate methods for prediction of the earth pressures acting upon such rigid culverts under high fills, and to evaluate the effect of use of 'Method B' backfill, consisting of layers of organic material of low modulus placed above the crown, upon these pressures; and (2) to determine what considerations must be included in the analysis of the structural response of the arch to these pressures. (Author)
Structural Behavior of a Reinforced Concrete Arch Culvert. Volume III. Appendix I, Part I
The report documents not only the results of experiments on a full scale reinforced arch culvert of ten-foot span under a fill of 200 feet, but also the comprehensive analytical studies undertaken to find the causes of the observed structural behavior on this culvert and several others in which severe distress was observed. The prototype test structure was extensively instrumented to measure embankment pressures acting upon the sides and crown of the arch as well as those developed under the footings, internal bending strains in the reinforcing steel, strains and internal forces in the concrete, pressures developed in the embankment at several levels and positions relative to the culvert, and the distortions and rigid bond displacements of the barrel. The primary objectives of the research were (1) to develop accurate methods for prediction of the earth pressures acting upon such rigid culverts under high fills, and to evaluate the effect of use of 'Method B' backfill, consisting of layers of organic material of low modulus placed above the crown, upon these pressures; and (2) to determine what considerations must be included in the analysis of the structural response of the arch to these pressures. (Author)
Structural Behavior of a Reinforced Concrete Arch Culvert. Volume III. Appendix I, Part I
R. E. Davis (author)
1966
326 pages
Report
No indication
English
Civil Engineering , Reinforced concrete , Underground structures , Soil mechanics , Structural properties , Pressure , Load distribution , Modulus of elasticity , Shear stresses , Compressive properties , Thrust , Cracks , Design , Predictions , Strain(Mechanics) , Moments , Deformation , Mathematical analysis , Computer programs , Tables , Culverts(Structures) , Backfilling , Computer analysis