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Soil Properties for Plastic Pipe Installations

Selig, Ernest T.
Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA


Pages: 18    Published: Jan 1990


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Abstract

Soil property requirements for the basic trench and embankment installation conditions are discussed. Characteristics of compacted soils are described and representative stress — strain parameters given. Preliminary values of existing ground stiffness properties are suggested. The applications of these properties for analyzing pipe deflection, wall thrust and buckling strength are indicated.


Keywords:
soil properties, stress-strain behavior, strength, compaction, flexible pipe, plastic pipe, Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, bulk modulus, constrained modulus, deflection, buckling, wall thrust

Paper ID: STP42118S
Committee/Subcommittee: D20.23
DOI: 10.1520/STP42118S
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