Establishing a design procedure for buried steel-reinforced high density polyethylene (SRHDPE) pipes.
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

For very narrow results

When looking for a specific result

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Dates

to

Document Data
Library
People
Clear All
Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT or funded partners. As a repository, ROSA P retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
i

Establishing a design procedure for buried steel-reinforced high density polyethylene (SRHDPE) pipes.

Filetype[PDF-4.66 MB]


English

Details:

  • Creators:
  • Corporate Creators:
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Publication/ Report Number:
  • Resource Type:
  • Geographical Coverage:
  • Corporate Publisher:
  • Abstract:
    Metal and plastic pipes have been used extensively as storm sewers and buried drainage structures in transportation projects. Metal pipes have

    high strength and stiffness but are susceptible to corrosion from wastewaters containing acid, and from aggressive soils. Plastic pipes are resistant to

    corrosion, erosion, and biological attack but have certain disadvantages including lower long-term strength and stiffness (dimensional reliability),

    buckling, and tearing of pipe wall. To address the disadvantages of metal and plastic pipes, a new product, steel-reinforced high-density polyethylene

    (SRHDPE) pipe, has been developed and introduced to the market, which has high-strength steel reinforcing ribs wound helically and covered by

    corrosion-resistant high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin inside and outside. The steel reinforcement adds ring stiffness to the pipe to maintain the

    cross-section shape during installation and to support overburden stresses and traffic loading. The HDPE resin protects the steel against corrosion and

    provides a smooth inner wall. The combination of steel and plastic materials results in a strong and durable material with a smooth inner wall. Different

    methods are available for the design of metal and plastic pipes. The American Water Works Association (AWWA) Manual M11 (2004) provided the

    design procedure for metal pipes and the 2007 ASSHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications had separate design procedures for metal and plastic pipes.

    However, it is not clear whether any of these procedures for metal and plastic pipes can be used to design an SRHDPE pipe. Moreover, no approved

    installation or design specification is available specifically for the SRHDPE pipes.

    To establish a design procedure for SRHDPE pipes, various laboratory tests were conducted in this study to evaluate the stiffness, buckling

    resistance, and long-term creep behavior of SRHDPE pipes of 24 inches in diameter in air. In addition, large-scale plate loading tests were conducted on

    the pipe in a trench condition under 2 feet of shallow cover in a large geotechnical testing box (10 feet long x 6.6 feet wide x 6.6 feet high) to evaluate the

    performance of the SRHDPE pipe during installation and under static and cyclic loadings. In this study, Kansas River sand and crushed stone were used

    as bedding and backfill materials while AB-3 aggregate and Kansas River sand were used as base courses.

    Parallel plate loading test results show that the SRHDPE pipes met both the minimum pipe stiffness and buckling limit criteria according to the

    ASTM F2562/F2562M. The creep test conducted in air for a month demonstrated that the SRHDPE pipe deformed under a sustained load. The vertical

    arching factors (VAF) obtained from the measured earth pressures on the pipe crown during the installation of the pipes were compared with the analytical

    solutions in McGrath (1998) were used. The measured deflections of the pipes during the installation were compared with those predicted by the modified

    Iowa formula (1958). The measured earth pressures on the top of the pipe were compared with those estimated by Giroud and Han (2004) and the

    simplified distribution method in the 2007 ASSHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications. The measured deflections of the pipes during loading were also

    compared with the modified Iowa formula (1958). The strains on steel and plastic were measured at various locations during both installation and loading.

    Based on the testing and analysis, it can be concluded that (1) the pipe wall-soil interface should be designed as a fully bonded interface to be

    conservative, (2) the Giroud and Han (2004) method and the simplified distribution method in the 2007 AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications

    reasonably predicted the pressures on the top of the SRHDPE pipes induced by static and cyclic loadings, (3) the modified Iowa formula (1958)

    reasonably predicted the deflections of the SRHDPE pipes during the installation and over-predicted the deflections during static and cyclic loadings, (4)

    the pipe wall area was enough to resist the wall thrust during installation and loadings, and (5) the highest measured strains recorded in steel and plastic

    during the installation and loadings in all the tests were within the permissible values.

  • Format:
  • Funding:
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
  • Download URL:
  • File Type:

Supporting Files

  • No Additional Files
More +

You May Also Like

Checkout today's featured content at rosap.ntl.bts.gov