Effect of Deterioration on the Performance of Corrugated Steel Culverts
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Abstract
An experimental investigation was undertaken to compare the performance of a largely intact steel culvert with well-compacted backfill with a corroded culvert in loose backfill. The behavior of both structures is compared during backfilling and under imposed surface loads equivalent to the standard American and Canadian design trucks at two burial depths (0.6 and 0.9 m). During backfilling, the deteriorated culvert deflections were much larger than the intact culvert because of differences in both culvert and backfill stiffnesses. Under surface loading, the deteriorated culvert experienced higher deflections and bending moments, whereas the intact culvert experienced higher thrust forces. It was found that, under relatively shallow cover, the load from one wheel pad of the axle influenced the behavior of the culvert under the other wheel pad. The deteriorated culvert was then tested to failure with localized bending in the crown and buckling of the remaining steel in the corroded region serving as indicators of failure.
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Acknowledgments
This research was conducted as a part of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project No. 14-19. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. The authors are grateful for assistance from the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (Dave Pearson and Dave Harris) and from Graeme Boyd, Bryan Simpson, and Ryan Regier of Queen’s University.
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Volume 140 • Issue 2 • February 2014
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Received: Mar 24, 2013
Accepted: Aug 5, 2013
Published online: Aug 7, 2013
Published in print: Feb 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Apr 15, 2014
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