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Strength and Behavior of Thick Walled Reinforced Concrete Conduits

Ruzicka, G.C.; Gamble, W.L.; Mohraz, Bijan

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Title
Strength and Behavior of Thick Walled Reinforced Concrete Conduits
Author(s)
  • Ruzicka, G.C.
  • Gamble, W.L.
  • Mohraz, Bijan
Issue Date
1976-05
Keyword(s)
  • Reinforced concrete -- Testing
  • Shear
  • Flexure
Date of Ingest
2009-09-29T00:32:10Z
Abstract
The results of tests of 8 three-opening reinforced concrete conduits desi9ned for soil loadings of 30 k/ft2 are presented and discussed. The test specimens were 3/8 scale models of prototype designs, and were constructed with conventional deformed bars and concrete with l-in. aggregate. The clear span-depth ratios in critical members ranged from 2.5 to 5.6. External loads were applied in both vertical and horizontal directions simultaneously, so that significant thrusts were acting in all members in addition to the bending and shear forces. Failure loads ranged from 82.5 to 150 k/ft2 vertical load for members with span-depth ratios of 4.0 or less. Horizontal loads of 60 to 75 k/ft2 produced failures in members with span-depth ratios of 5.6. All members failed in shear. A lower bound to the test data was suggested as a function of If~, the span-depth ratio, and the longitudinal compression acting on the member. No strong influence of the reinforcement ratio was found. When other test results were compared, there did not appear to be a strong influence of the moment-shear ratio as expressed by the variable Vd/M.
Publisher
University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Civil Engineering Studies SRS-422
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Technical Report
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/13837
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
  • Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.
  • Contract No. DACW-73-72-C-0065

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Civil Engineering Studies: Structural Research Series PRIMARY