Performance of buried flexible conduits
Abstract
An extensive review was made of the performance of buried flexible culverts, with special emphasis on buckling failure modes. All known theories on elastic buckling of rings and cylinders with radial support subjected to external radial pressures were analyzed and compared with each other, and with the results of controlled experiments on small and full-scale culverts. Some relevant field measurements were also investigated. The significant results are presented.
- Publication:
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Interim Report Purdue Univ
- Pub Date:
- December 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978puwl.reptR....L
- Keywords:
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- Failure Analysis;
- Highways;
- Pipes (Tubes);
- Structural Reliability;
- Underground Structures;
- Elastic Properties;
- Failure Modes;
- Soil Mechanics;
- Structural Strain;
- Engineering (General)