Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 1998. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (M. Eng. Sc.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-57).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Arlington, 2009.

Buried culvert has its contribution in improving the convenience and quality of human life. The research of buried culvert in the past decades makes it to serve people more widely and efficiently. The research project of Cross Canyon culvert is one of them. A computer program was used in this study. The overburden-dependent soil model was chosen to represent the stress states of the soil in the backfill. The triaxial shear test data were converted into an overburden-dependent soil model and then this converted soil model was modified. The modified soil model was obtained when the difference of the measured and computed crown vertical displacement was minimized. The parametric studies were done after the modified soil model was obtained. In this research, the parametric studies were (1) Effects of different inclusion material on the culvert, (2) Effects of polystyrene plank wrapped around the culvert, (3) Effects of concrete bedding, (4) Effects of compaction. It was found that the material of inclusion had great influence on the moments of the culvert between the position of crown and 45 degrees. The concrete bedding was not a good practice because the moments were increased largely compared with those moments without concrete bedding. Finally, the compaction did not have much effects on the behavior of the culvert. / Master of Science

The doctoral thesis deals with analysis of the ageing of concrete and reinforced concrete pipes in sewage systems. The ageing of the sewage system is caused by several reasons, for example material abrasion, chemical and biological corrosion and subsequent static overload sewer construction. One of the common causes of degradation of sewage systems made from materials bonded with cement sealant is biogenic sulphate corrosion. Due to the corrosion the degradation of the pipe walls accelerates, particularly in upper part of the pipe and reduces planned lifetime of the sewage system. There is proposed new ageing analysis monitoring method for observation and evaluation of the loss of thickness of concrete and reinforced concrete pipes, which is caused by biogenic sulphate corrosion. Residual lifetime is calculated from the expected corrosion rate, it`s the loss of wall thickness on the monitored section of the sewer system. There is designed the monitoring system of the loss of wall thickness on the sewage system for practical application of the measurement procedure, which is administrated in cooperation with the BVK, a. s. The thesis uses existing knowledge regarding this subject. We use this information for better understanding of the process of the loss of wall thickness in sewage systems in real time and the posibility to correct and in-time implementation of appropriate operational measures. This should cause the limitation of the degradation process of piping material while extended service life and safe operation in sewage systems within the required time period. Based on the methodology is proposed to determine the residual life of the sewage system and maintenance and rehabilitation can be done more effectively. There is needed to be noted that only long-term monitoring period can bring a better overview of the technical condition of sewage systems in time and thus better and more effective maintenance and rehabilitation, which is related to the effective u

This diploma thesis examines the properties of concrete with reinforcement, designed for the production of a concrete egg-shaped tubes . The stress is put on using various types of fiber reinforcements. Theoretical part is divided into 4 subsections. The topic of the first subsection is a concrete in general. Second subsection deals with various technology of production of concrete pipes. The third subsection is focused on description and summary of basic properties of concrete and reinforced concrete tubes. The last subsection deals with standardized procedures for testing concrete. Experimental part of this thesis is divided into two subsection. First subsection deals with design of a reference sample. Six different samples of a concrete were designed and their rheological properties were tested. Second subsection deals with the additi-on of various types of fiber reinforcement to the reference sample. Eight different admixtures of a concrete were added to the reference sample. Properties of these admixtures were tested in fresh and hardened state.