Proof testing of a structural plate pipe with varying bedding and backfill parameters. Section 7, volume 1: Finite element analysis program modification and analysis of zone 2
Abstract
The verification of modifications to the REA computer coded program for the time element analysis of reinforced earth installations permitting its application to culverts embedded in earth embankments is described. As a means of verifying the modifications, the revised program was applied to a cross section of the embankment at Zone 2 of the DB Culvert, a heavily instrumented 120 in (3048 mm) structural plate pipe. The influences of: (1) boundary conditions; (2) soil culvert relative movements; and, (3) soil types are examined. Correlations are established between quasitheoretical parameters derived from the program application and field measured values of these parameters where reduced data are available. Other quasitheoretical parameters are examined.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- June 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981STIN...8233587L
- Keywords:
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- Geotechnical Engineering;
- Highways;
- Program Verification (Computers);
- Structural Analysis;
- Structural Design;
- Finite Element Method;
- Parameterization;
- Pipes (Tubes);
- Soil Mechanics;
- Structural Design Criteria;
- Engineering (General)