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AS/NZS 2041.1:2011

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Buried corrugated metal structures, Part 1: Design methods

Sets out requirements for the design of buried corrugated metal structures circular or other shape, installed under a flexible pavement. Includes information on durability and testing to establish design properties.
Published: 05/08/2011
Pages: 130
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Exclusions
1.3 Application
1.4 Normative references
1.5 Definitions
1.6 Notation
1.7 Marking
1.8 Alternative design methods and materials
2 General requirements
2.1 Design process
2.2 Design instructions
2.3 Design considerations
2.4 Structure classification and design working life
2.5 Minimum cover
2.5.1 General
2.5.2 Minimum cover (hmin) for railway loads
2.5.3 Minimum cover (hmin) for highway loads
2.5.4 Minimum cover for construction, aircraft, stockpile mine vehicles and abnormal loads
2.6 Minimum spacing between structures
2.7 Minimum extent of structural select fill—Structural backfill
2.8 Design methods
2.8.1 General
2.8.2 Limit state method
2.8.3 Ring compression method
2.8.4 Numerical modelling
3 Durability
3.1 Scope of Section
3.2 Background
3.3 Coatings
3.4 Corrugated metal structures—Materials
3.5 Durability design—Structure types
3.6 Durability design—Simplified procedure
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 No durability allowance
3.6.3 1 mm durability allowance
3.6.4 Aluminium structures—No durability allowance
3.7 Durability design—Detailed procedure
3.7.1 Aggressive environments
3.7.2 Determination of design durability allowance
4 Design actions
4.1 Scope of Section
4.2 Permanent actions (G)
4.3 Imposed actions (Q)
4.3.1 Construction loads
4.3.2 Highway-imposed loads
4.3.3 Railway-imposed loads
4.3.4 Aircraft loads
4.3.5 Stockpile loads
4.3.6 Mine vehicles and abnormal loads
4.4 Imposed pressure at depth
4.5 Earthquake
4.5.1 Conditions for earthquake design
4.5.2 Earthquake action
5 Limit state method (excluding metal box structures)
5.1 General
5.2 Limit states
5.2.1 Applicable limit states
5.2.2 Deformation during construction
5.3 Combinations of actions
5.4 Material resistance factors and design properties
5.5 Actions
5.5.1 Permanent action
5.5.2 Permanent action with stockpile loads
5.5.3 Imposed action—Finished structure
5.5.4 Imposed action—During construction
5.5.5 Permanent and earthquake
5.6 Design verification
5.6.1 Buckling failure
5.6.2 Connection failure
5.6.3 Plastic hinge failure
5.7 Minimum structural base metal wall thickness
5.8 Transverse stiffeners
5.8.1 General
5.8.2 Rib spacing
5.8.3 Section properties for steel rib stiffeners
5.8.4 Section properties for encased concrete ribs
5.8.5 Distribution of compression in encased concrete ribs
5.9 Footings
5.10 Arch footing forces
5.11 Pipe-arch shapes
6 Limit state method for metal box structures
6.1 General
6.2 Simplified design method
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 Cover and geometric limitations
6.2.3 Limit states
6.2.4 Combination of actions
6.2.5 Unfactored dead load bending moments
6.2.6 Unfactored live load bending moments
6.2.7 Factored crown and haunch bending moments
6.2.8 Earthquake bending moments
6.2.9 Flexural capacity at ultimate limit state (ULS)
6.2.10 Fatigue resistance
6.2.11 Seam strength
6.2.12 Footing forces
6.2.13 Load-relieving slab
6.3 Rigorous method
6.3.1 General
6.3.2 Combined thrust and moment
6.3.3 Seam strength
6.3.4 Buckling
7 Ring compression method
7.1 General
7.2 Ring compression design philosophy
7.3 Loads
7.3.1 Permanent load
7.3.2 Imposed load
7.3.3 Earthquake load
7.4 Design soil compaction and soil type for select fill
7.5 Design pressure
7.5.1 General
7.5.2 Permanent and imposed
7.5.3 Permanent and earthquake
7.6 Pipe-arch shapes
7.7 Ring compression
7.8 Properties for design
7.9 Bolted seam strength for bolted plate structures
7.10 Ultimate compressive wall stress
7.10.1 Steel—Grade 250
7.10.2 Steel—Grade 230
7.10.3 Aluminium
7.10.4 General equations
7.11 Allowable wall stress and structural base metal wall thickness
7.12 Minimum structural base metal wall thickness
7.13 Handling and installation stiffness
7.14 Rib stiffening
7.15 Arch footing forces
8 End treatment
8.1 General
8.2 End stiffening ring beams
8.2.1 Structures of dh ≤900 mm
8.2.2 Structures of 900 mm < dh ≤ 4500 mm
8.2.3 Structures of 4500 mm < dh ≤ 15 000 mm
8.2.4 Structures of dh >15 000 mm
8.3 Batter protection, headwalls and cut-off walls
9 Invert lining
Appendix A
A1 General
A2 Design information to be supplied to the manufacturer and installer
A3 Information to be supplied by the manufacturer
Appendix B
B1 General
B2 Philosophy of the AS/NZS 2041 series of Standards
B2.1 AS/NZS 2041 series
B2.2 Installation (see AS/NZS 2041.2)
B2.3 Basis of design
B2.4 Ring compression theory
B3 Section 2—General requirements
B3.1 Design working life
B3.1.1 General
B3.1.2 Factors influencing the selection of design working life
B3.2 Design considerations
B3.2.1 General guidance on the use of buried corrugated metal structures
B3.2.2 Small low-importance structures
B3.2.3 Medium size normal importance structures
B3.2.4 Large scale or high-importance structures
B4 Section 4—Design actions
B5 Section 5—Limit state method
B6 Section 7—Ring compression method
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
E1 General
E2 Metal corrosion
E3 Invert durability
E3.1 Abrasion assessment
E3.2 Ponding or silting up
E3.3 Trickle flows
E3.4 Control measures
E4 Protective coatings
E5 Worked example for detail method
Appendix F
F1 Scope
F2 Design considerations
F2.1 General
F2.2 Structure ends
F2.3 Footings
F2.4 Foundation conditions
F2.5 Seismic actions
F2.6 Need for design
F3 Liquefaction
F3.1 Soil behaviour
F3.2 Effects on buried corrugated metal structures
F3.3 Assessment of liquefaction
F4 Structural assessment and loading
F4.1 General
F4.2 Canadian method
F4.3 Using AS 1170.4 or NZS 1170.5
F4.4 Combinations
F4.5 Final comments
Appendix G
G1 General
G2 Limitations
G3 Properties for use with this Standard
G4 Flexibility factor
Appendix H
H1 General
H2 Summary of test
H3 Apparatus
H3.1 Testing machines
H3.2 Loading plates
H3.3 Deformation (deflection) indicator
H4 Test specimen
H5 Procedure
H6 Calculations
H7 Normalization of test results
H8 Report
Appendix I
Bibliography
Amendment control sheet
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Flat sheet, coiled sheet and plate
[Current]
Structural design actions, Part 0: General principles
AS 1170.4—2007
Structural design actions, Part 4: Earthquake actions in Australia
[Current]
Continuous hot-dip metallic coated steel sheet and strip — Coatings of zinc and zinc alloyed with aluminium and magnesium
[Current]
Geotechnical site investigations
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