Field Performance of Corrugated Steel Plate Road Culvert under Normal Live-Load Conditions
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 27, Issue 6
Abstract
The paper presents the results and conclusions from field tests under service loads conducted on a corrugated steel plate (CSP) road culvert. Strains and displacements were measured in selected cross sections of the culvert during the passage of vehicles. The field tests lasted for 24 h. On the basis of the measured displacements, using the fast Fourier transform method, the dominant frequencies of the culvert were determined. The logarithmic damping decrements and the damping ratios were also calculated. The maximum displacement and strain of the culvert did not exceed and , respectively, and the maximum values were obtained in the crown of the structure. The culvert axial thrusts obtained from the field tests were compared with those calculated from the analytical methods [Sundquist-Pettersson, Canadian highway bridge code (CHBDC), and AASHTO LRFD], and in the case of bending moments, those calculated by the Sundquist-Pettersson method exclusively. The results clearly highlight the conservative approach of the AASHTO LRFD standard in calculating axial thrust. The Sundquist-Pettersson and CHBDC methods provided values (axial thrusts and bending moments) that are closest to the ones obtained from the field tests. The conclusions drawn from the tests are helpful in assessing the dynamic behavior of CSP road culverts. In the case of small-to-medium span culverts and bridges of this type, the conclusions from the field tests can be generalized for all types of such structural solutions.
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Acknowledgments
The author thanks the Opole University of Technology for financing the tests. Special thanks are addressed to R. Pawliczek, H. Achtelik, and K. Drozdzol for their support during the experimental testing.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 27 • Issue 6 • December 2013
Pages: 807 - 817
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Received: Mar 22, 2012
Accepted: Aug 9, 2012
Published online: Aug 22, 2012
Published in print: Dec 1, 2013
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