Placing a 6 ft RCP Pipe under a Retaining Wall
Placing a 6 ft RCP Pipe under a Retaining Wall
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Currently I am working on a project in which they are proposing on placing a 6 ft RCP Pipe under a Retaining Wall, which will be approximately 15 feet in height, an will have an approximate 20 ft wide footing.
Here is a link of a paper I obtained - it contains Minimum Fill Heights for Highway Loading and Railroads but not Retaining Walls.
http://www.wvdot.com/engineering/files/500/DD502.p...
I am planning to perform a D-load analysis on the RCP.
Do you guys have any recommendations, advice and/or reference I should consider for this design?
Also, do you guys know of any reference similar to the Virginia Paper, but for "California"?
THANKS
Here is a link of a paper I obtained - it contains Minimum Fill Heights for Highway Loading and Railroads but not Retaining Walls.
http://www.wvdot.com/engineering/files/500/DD502.p...
I am planning to perform a D-load analysis on the RCP.
Do you guys have any recommendations, advice and/or reference I should consider for this design?
Also, do you guys know of any reference similar to the Virginia Paper, but for "California"?
THANKS






RE: Placing a 6 ft RCP Pipe under a Retaining Wall
RE: Placing a 6 ft RCP Pipe under a Retaining Wall
If it is a pressurized pipe, I suggest that you consider prestressed pipe from a quality supplier, such as Price Brothers. Again go with quality joints, possibly double o-rings (to allow joint testing before project completion).
RE: Placing a 6 ft RCP Pipe under a Retaining Wall
As noted above, use the best pipe available. Theres nothing like a good safety factor.
Best Tincan
RE: Placing a 6 ft RCP Pipe under a Retaining Wall
RE: Placing a 6 ft RCP Pipe under a Retaining Wall
They are very common in road, river, RR crossings.
JTMcC.