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Creators:
Han, Jie ; Wang, Fei ; Khatri, Deep Kumar ; Parsons, Robert L.
Han, Jie ; Wang, Fei ; Khatri, Deep Kumar ; Parsons, Robert L. Less -
Corporate Creators:
University of Kansas. Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Corporate Contributors:
United States. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Design Methods Earth Pressure Ethylenes Field Tests Laboratory Tests Pipe Reinforcement (Engineering) Reinforcing Steel Static Loads Strain (Mechanics)
Publication/ Report Number:
K-TRAN: KU-14-4
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
Kansas
Corporate Publisher:
Kansas. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Research
Abstract:
Two field tests were conducted to investigate the field performance of steel-reinforced high-density polyethylene

(SRHDPE) pipes during installation and under traffic loading. One test site was located on E 1000 road in Lawrence, KS, which is

close to Clinton Lake. Three SRHDPE pipes with a diameter of 3 ft and a length of 24 ft were buried in a 6 ft wide trench with 2 ft

thick soil cover. This test site had two test sections: one section was filled with Aggregate Base Class 3 aggregate (AB3) and the

second section was filled with crushed stone. The second field study was conducted at a Kansas Department of Transportation

(KDOT) storage yard in Kansas City, KS. Four 6 ft long SRHDPE pipes with a diameter of 2 ft were connected and buried in a

trench with a dimension of 4.6 ft wide × 27.5 ft long × 4.2 ft deep. Two types of backfill material were also used in the trench,

namely, AB3 aggregate and crushed stone. Earth pressures, pipe deflections, and pipe strains on plastic valley, plastic cover, and

steel ribs were monitored during pipe installation and under static loading on both test sites. The test results from the pipe

installation and static loading showed that (1) the vertical arching factor (VAF) on the top of the pipe was approximately 1.1 and

the lateral earth pressure coefficient was approximately 0.65; (2) the peaking deflection was observed in both field tests in a range

of 0.25 to 1.80% (the peaking deflection in the AB3 section was greater than that in the crushed stone section); (3) the maximum

strain of the pipe occurred on the plastic valley in the longitudinal direction at the pipe crown, which was in a range of 0.4-0.6%

and much lower than the strain limit of 5% suggested by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

(AASHTO, 2012); and (4) the Giroud and Han (2004) method and the AASHTO (2012) method could reasonably estimate the

earth pressure on the pipe under static loading, while the Iowa Formula could estimate the pipe deflection during installation and

caused by static loading.

The earth pressures, the pipe deflections, and the strains of the pipes in the Lawrence site were monitored for 680 days

and all increased with time. Two empirical correlations were proposed to calculate the VAF and the pipe stiffness factor at a given

time.

The AASHTO (2012) design methods for metal pipes and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes were modified for

SRHDPE pipes based on the laboratory and field test results. A design procedure for SRHDPE pipes is proposed and illustrated by

a design example.


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Funding:
C1969
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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