Full-scale field tests on flexible pipes under live load application

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-27

  Arockiasamy, Madasamy ^a   Chaallal, Omar ^b   Limpeteeprakarn, Terdkiat ^a  

^a Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culverts; Flexible pipes; Highways; Live loads; Load distribution; Soil pressure; Soil structure interaction; Storm sewers; Trucks

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE PIPES; LIVE LOADS; LOAD DISTRIBUTION; SOIL PRESSURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULVERTS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STORM SEWERS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TRUCKS;

PIPE;

EID: 30844470888     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2006)20:1(21)     Document Type: Article

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