Testing the load capacity of a soil-steel box structure

Czesław Machelski; Leszek Korusiewicz

doi:10.7409/rabdim.018.011

Published: 2018-09-30

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2018)

Testing the load capacity of a soil-steel box structure

Czesław Machelski , Leszek Korusiewicz

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https://doi.org/10.7409/rabdim.018.011

Abstract

The deformation of the circumferential section of a box culvert shell made of corrugated steel plates is analysed. Deflections and unit strains in selected shell points were adopted as the measure of the deformation of the corrugated steel shell. The quantities were measured using inductive displacement gauges and electric resistance strain gauges. The investigations were carried out in laboratory conditions under specifically selected configurations of a distributed load. Loading intensity, surcharge thickness and the area of load action on the surcharge were adopted as variable test parameters. The effectiveness of the interaction between a geo-grid and the soil in the surcharge in reducing the deformation of the shell was analysed.

Keywords:

deformation of corrugated steel shells, laboratory testing, soil-steel structures, static loads

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Machelski, C., & Korusiewicz, L. (2018). Testing the load capacity of a soil-steel box structure. Roads and Bridges – Drogi I Mosty, 17(3), 181–191. https://doi.org/10.7409/rabdim.018.011

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Czesław Machelski

czeslaw.machelski@pwr.edu.pl

Affiliation:

Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, 11 Grunwaldzki Sq., 50-377 Wrocław

Leszek Korusiewicz

Affiliation:

Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 5-7 Łukasiewicza St., 50-371 Wrocław

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