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AS 1597.2 SUPP 1-1997
[Available Superseded]Precast reinforced concrete box culverts, Part 2: Large culverts (from 1500 mm span and up to and including 4200 mm span and 4200 mm height) — Commentary (Supplement to AS 1597.2-1996)
Provides additional information on box culverts design and installation in relation to AS 1597.2.
Published: 05/03/1997
Pages: 31
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PREFACE
C1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
C1.1 SCOPE
C1.2 APPLICATION
C1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
C1.4 DEFINITION
C1.5 NOTATION
C1.6 USE OF ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS OR METHODS
C1.7 TYPES OF CULVERTS
C1.8 CLASSIFICATION
C1.8.1 General
C1.8.2 Size class
C1.8.3 Load Class
C1.8.3.2 Load class for roadway
C1.8.3.3 Load class for railway
C2 MATERIALS, MANUFACTURE AND DIMENSIONING
C2.1 SCOPE
C2.2 FORMWORK
C2.3 REINFORCEMENT
C2.3.1 General
C2.3.2 Welding
C2.4 CONCRETE MATERIALS
C2.4.3 Aggregates
C2.5 SPECIFICATION AND MANUFACTURE OF CONCRETE
C2.5.2
C2.6 HANDLING, PLACING AND FINISHING OF CONCRETE
C2.7 CURING
C2.7.1 General
C2.7.3 Membrane curing
C2.7.4 Accelerated curing
C2.8 JOINTS
C2.9 DIMENSIONS
C2.9.1 Internal dimensions
C2.9.2 Length
C2.10 COVER TO REINFORCEMENT
C2.11 MEASUREMENT OF DIMENSIONS
C2.11.3 Thickness
C2.12 TOLERANCES
C2.12.2.2 Thickness
C2.12.2.3 Cover
C2.12.3 Basic shape tolerances
C2.12.3.1 Ends
C2.13 PROVISION FOR LIFTING
C2.14 WORKMANSHIP AND FINISH
C2.15 DEFECTS
C2.16 MARKING
C2.17 FINISHING AND REPAIRS
C3 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
C3.1 GENERAL
C3.1.1 Scope
C3.1.2 General design requirements
C3.2 DESIGN LOADS
C3.2.1 Dead loads
C3.2.1.1 General
C3.2.1.2 Vertical earth pressure
C3.2.1.3 Horizontal earth pressure due to compacted fill
C3.2.2 Traffic loads for culverts under roadways
C3.2.2.1 General
C3.2.2.2 Standard traffic loads
C3.2.2.3 Construction traffic loads
C3.2.2.4 Heavy load platform
C3.2.2.5 Dynamic load allowance factor
C3.2.2.6 Vertical traffic loading
C3.2.2.6.1 General
C3.2.2.6.2 Vertical loads due to standard traffic loadings
C3.2.2.7 Horizontal traffic loading
C3.2.3 Live loads for culverts under railways
C3.2.3.1 General
C3.2.3.2 Vertical load
C3.2.3.3 Horizontal load
C3.2.3.4 Dynamic load allowance
C3.2.3.4.1 Application
C3.2.3.4.2 Dynamic load allowance factor
C3.2.4 Load combinations
C3.2.4.1 Load combinations for stability and ultimate strength limit states
C3.2.4.2 Load combinations for serviceability limit states
C3.2.5 Handling and transport loads
C3.3 LOAD EFFECT ANALYSIS
C3.3.1 General
C3.3.2 Restrained sidesway
C3.3.3 Effective width of culvert for W7/T44 wheel load
C3.4 THEORETICAL STRENGTH AND SERVICEABILITY CALCULATIONS
C3.4.1 Strength
C3.4.1.1 General
C3.4.1.2 Strength reduction factor
C3.4.1.3 Shear strength
C3.4.2 Serviceability
C3.4.3 Fatigue
C3.5 REINFORCEMENT DETAILING
C3.5.1 General
C3.5.2 Minimum flexural reinforcement
C3.5.3 Distribution reinforcement
C3.5.4 Crack control
C3.6 EXAMPLE OF THE DESIGN OF AN INVERTED U-SHAPE CULVERT TO AS 1597.2
C4 LOAD TESTING FOR DESIGN
C4.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
C4.3 TEST SPECIMENS
C4.4 TEST LOADS
C4.4.1 General
C4.4.3 Critical loading
C4.6 PROTOTYPE PROOF-LOAD TESTS FOR ULTIMATE STRENGTH
C4.7 PROTOTYPE FAILURE LOAD TESTS
C5 ROUTINE SAMPLING AND TESTING
C5.1 GENERAL
C5.2 REQUIRED TESTS
C5.2.1 General
C5.2.2 Concrete strength
C5.2.3 Dimensional accuracy, and cover to reinforcement
C5.2.4 Crack serviceability test load
C5.3 SAMPLING FOR LOAD TESTING
C5.4 COMPLIANCE
C5.5 ACCEPTANCE
C6 INSTALLATION
C6.1 SCOPE
C6.2 EXCAVATION
C6.3 FOUNDATION PREPARATION
C6.4 PLACING PRECAST UNITS
C6.5 COMPACTION
C6.6 BACKFILLING
APPENDIX CG
APPENDIX CJ
CJ1 SCOPE
CJ2 BASIC TEST LOADS
CJ3 TEST LOAD ARRANGEMENT
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