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AS 1597.1-2010
[Pending Revision]Precast reinforced concrete box culverts, Part 1: Small culverts (not exceeding 1200 mm span and 1200 mm height)
Provides designers, manufacturers, installers and specifiers of culverts with minimum requirements for the design, testing, manufacture and installation of precast reinforced concrete rectangular box culverts not exceeding 1200 mm span and 1200 mm height.
Published: 18/08/2010
Pages: 44
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Normative references
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Types of culverts
1.6 Classification
1.6.1 General
1.6.2 Size class
1.6.3 Load class
2 Materials, manufacture and dimensioning
2.1 Scope of section
2.2 Formwork
2.3 Reinforcement
2.3.1 General
2.3.2 Fabrication
2.4 Concrete materials
2.4.1 Cement
2.4.2 Supplementary cementitious materials
2.4.3 Aggregates
2.4.4 Water
2.4.5 Admixtures
2.4.6 Restriction on chemical content
2.5 Concrete specification and cover to reinforcement
2.5.1 General
2.6 Concrete production, placement and curing
2.6.1 Batching
2.6.2 Placing
2.6.3 Curing
2.6.3.1 General
2.6.3.2 Moist curing
2.6.3.3 Membrane curing
2.6.3.4 Accelerated curing
2.7 Joints
2.8 Dimensions
2.8.1 Internal dimensions
2.8.2 Length
2.9 Measurement of dimensions
2.9.1 General
2.9.2 Size dimensions
2.9.3 Thickness
2.9.4 Cover
2.9.5 Length
2.10 Tolerances
2.10.1 General
2.10.2 Dimension tolerances
2.11 Storage and handling
2.11.1 General
2.11.2 Provision for lifting
2.11.3 Transportation
2.12 Workmanship and finish
2.13 Defects
2.13.1 General
2.13.2 Defect types
2.13.3 Acceptability
2.14 Finishing and repairs
2.15 Marking
3 Sampling and testing
3.1 Scope of section
3.2 General
3.2.1 Facilities for sampling and testing
3.2.2 Sampling and testing procedures
3.2.3 Required tests
3.3 Type testing
3.3.1 General
3.3.2 Manufacture
3.3.3 Testing
3.3.4 Test loads
3.3.5 Concrete compressive strength
3.3.6 Reinforcement yield strength
3.3.7 Cover
3.3.8 Dimensional accuracy
3.4 Routine sampling and testing
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Sampling
3.4.3 Testing
3.4.4 Acceptance
4 Installation
4.1 Scope of section
4.2 Excavation
4.3 Foundation preparation
4.4 Placing precast units
4.5 Compaction
4.6 Backfilling
4.7 Construction loads on culverts
Appendix A
A1 General
A2 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
A3 Information to be supplied by the manufacturer
Appendix B
B1 Scope
B2 Statistical sampling
B3 Product certification
B4 Supplier’s quality management system
B5 Other means of assessment
Appendix C
C1 Scope
C2 General
C3 Definitions
C3.1 Maturity
C3.2 Recording thermometer
C3.3 Temperature probe
C4 Steam delivery
C4.1 Steam points
C4.2 Avoidance of overheating
C5 Steam curing cycles
C5.1 Initial maturity
C5.2 Rate of temperature rise
C5.3 Maximum temperature
C5.4 Removal of steam covers
C5.5 Records
Appendix D
D1 Scope
D2 Principle
D3 Apparatus
D4 Procedure
D4.1 Direct method
D4.2 Indirect method
D5 Test report
Appendix E
E1 Scope
E2 Principle
E3 Apparatus
E4 Procedure
E5 Test report
Appendix F
F1 Scope
F2 Defining a lot and selecting a sample
F3 Sampling for proving tests
F4 Sampling for ultimate tests
F5 Sampling for concrete cover and dimensional accuracy tests
F6 Sampling plans and routine testing
F6.1 Proving tests
F6.2 Ultimate testing
F6.3 Concrete cover and dimensional accuracy testing
Appendix G
G1 Scope
G2 Application
G3 Apparatus
G4 Test bed
G5 Sample preparation
G6 General test requirements
G6.1 Positioning of test specimen
G6.2 Rate of loading
G6.3 Selection and measurement of crack width
G7 Procedure for proving load test
G7.1 Procedure
G7.2 Determination of test crack width
G8 Procedure for ultimate test
G8.1 Procedure
G9 Records and test report
G9.1 General
G9.2 Report
Amendment control sheet
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Supplementary cementitious materials, Part 2: Slag - Ground granulated blast-furnace
AS 3600—2009
Concrete structures
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