calculating pipe strength required for a road crossing
calculating pipe strength required for a road crossing
(OP)
I am looking to see if anyone knows the calculation to calculate the pipe strength required when you have to cross beneath a roadway or railway tracks. For example I have a 6" HDPE DR17 (100 psi) pipe that needs to go beneath a set of tracks. The casing pipe has to be 12" but I am not sure of what the rating should be (i.e. DR17, DR13.5, DR11, etc). I know that the calculation has something to do with taking into account the depth of cover and the weight of that depth of cover including a standard weight that takes into account the weight of traffic.





RE: calculating pipe strength required for a road crossing
RE: calculating pipe strength required for a road crossing
RE: calculating pipe strength required for a road crossing
RE: calculating pipe strength required for a road crossing
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