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ALL STORM PIPING PRODUCTS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL!

Rigid Vs Flexible. ALL STORM PIPING PRODUCTS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL!. Presentation by:. RCP VS Flexible Pipe Systems Hole is same but nothing else!. IF YOU TAKE ANYTHING AWAY WITH YOU TODAY WE WANT YOU TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND: RIGID PIPE IS DIFFERENT FROM FLEX. PIPE Different in MANY WAYS:

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ALL STORM PIPING PRODUCTS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL!

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  1. Rigid Vs Flexible ALL STORM PIPING PRODUCTS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL! Presentation by: www.concrete-pipe.org

  2. RCP VS Flexible Pipe SystemsHole is same but nothing else! • IF YOU TAKE ANYTHING AWAY WITH YOU TODAY WE WANT YOU TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND: • RIGID PIPE IS DIFFERENT FROM FLEX. PIPE • Different in MANY WAYS: • STUCTURAL STRENGTH • INSTALLATIONS • INSPECTION • POST INSTALLTION • SPECIFICATIONS AND DETAILS

  3. AGENDA Engineering Analysis: • Structural Strength • Installation • Inspection Specifications and Std Details: • Materials, installation, inspection, structural verification SAFETY & RISK • Hydraulic common sense (1/2” corrugations = .010? No!) • Risk of Pre-Mature Structural Failure (KY & OH HDPE Issues) • Flammability is REAL ISSUE Economic Analysis: • REAL ECONOMICS • Consider Installation Cost Vs Lifetime Value

  4. Definition of “Pipe” • Dictionary.com: “a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc. • Webster’s On-Line: “a long tube or hollow body for conducting a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid or for structural purposes” • Oxford English Dictionary: “a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, etc.”

  5. A Buried Pipe Must Perform Two Critical Functions? Conduit /Hole Buried Pipe Structure

  6. RCP Provides Conduit + Structure Structure Conduit Concrete Pipe

  7. OTHER PIPES ????STRUCTURE????? Wall thickness for HDPE remains constant for all fill height or live loading conditions “Pipe” stiffness is time dependent and constantly decreases under load “Pipe” stiffness decrease for HDPE & CMP as pipe Dia gets larger! “Pipe” has little or no structural strength

  8. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Flex. Pipe Wall = NO Strength to Structure Conduit ? Structure By Low Bidder Flexible Pipe

  9. RCP – STRCTURAL CONFIRMATION! ASTM C-76 Class III RCP D0.01 = 1,350 lb / lf / ft (dia.) DULT =2,000 lb / lf / ft (dia.) 60” ASTM C-76 Class III D0.01 = 6,750 lb / lf DULT = 10,000 lb / lf Total Load Required for 8’ Pipe: D0.01 = (8)(6,750) = 54,000 lbs. DULT = (8)(10,000) = 80,000 lbs. Understand what this means?

  10. Structure Confirmed before Shipment 60” RCP is tested before it leaves the point of manufacture to prove it can carry the load of a loaded Tractor and trailer with no lateral support! THIS FACT AND PROVEN SERVICE LIFE Should give you CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENCES OF RCP Vs FLEXIBLE

  11. LOAD INCREASES WITH PIPE DIAMETER Strength W w w w D LOAD D-LOAD = DIAMETER 3D TOTAL LOAD = 1 W TOTAL LOAD = 3 W The backfill or fill load increases in direct proportion to pipe diameter. It is essential for pipe strength to increase with pipe diam. regardless of the pipe. Is this thinking logical? Does this make sense?

  12. Class 5 Class 4 Class 3 2,700 lb / lf 5,400 lb / lf Class 2 1,350 lb / lf / ft (dia.) ASTM C-76 RCP Strengths 0.01” Crack Strength in a 3-E-B Pipe Diameter RCP Increases Strength with Pipe Diameter to Carry Increased Load.

  13. Pipe stiffness HDPE PIPECMP 24” 34 psi 224psi 36” 22 psi 62 psi 42” 19 psi 40 psi 48” 17 psi 27 psi Structural Strength – HDPE & CMP The Decrease in Pipe Strength Occurs at the Same Time the Load is Increasing. 16 Gage What Should This Alert You To About Installation?

  14. Engineers are asked to gravitate to thin gage for CMP L H 16 14 12 10 8 7 .138 .064 .079 .109 .168 .188

  15. Pipe Different means Installation & Inspection Must be Different

  16. Standard Installations for RCP • Type 1:Highest quality installation using select granular soils with high compaction requirements for haunching and bedding. • Type 2:Allows silty granular soils with less compaction required for haunching and bedding. • Type 3:Allows use of soils with less stringent compaction requirements for haunching and bedding. • Type 4:Allows use of onsite native material for haunching and bedding with no compaction required. (6” of Bedding is required if rock foundation) • All Backfill Requirements above to spring line ONLY

  17. SIDD Type 1 Installation For RCP OVERFILL Do Do Do 6 HAUNCH COMPACTION HAUNCH COMPACTION LOWER SIDEFILL ZONE LOWER SIDEFILL ZONE Do 0.67Do 0.83Do 3 MIDDLE BEDDING, UNCOMPACTED 1.33Do

  18. SIDD Type 4 Installation For RCP SITE EXCAVATED BACKFILL Do Do 6 HAUNCH HAUNCH SITE EXCAVATEDMATERIAL SITE EXCAVATEDMATERIAL Do 0.5Do 3 SCARIFY MIDDLE BEDDING 1.33Do

  19. NEW KYTC RCP INSTALLATION

  20. Flexible Pipe Traffic Load Earth Load Final Backfill Load resisted by backfill! R1 Initial Backfill Haunching Bedding Foundation For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

  21. AASHTOSection 30 - Thermoplastic Pipe 30.5.4. Structural Backfill 200mm (8 inch) loose lift thickness 90% compaction required Compact both sides simultaneously Structural fill 300mm (1 foot) above pipe “….shall be worked into haunch area and compacted by hand” Compaction equipment within 1000mm (3 feet) of the pipe shall be approved by the engineer Minimum Cover for Construction Loads

  22. ASTM D 2321-Thermoplastic Pipe • Minimum densities 85% to 95% • Recognizes “numerous flexible pipe products” & “inherent variability of natural ground conditions” • Install and compact in 6” maximum layers • Use hand tampers or vibratory compactors • Haunching: Work in around pipe by hand to ensure uniform support • Do not permit compaction equipment to contact and damage the pipe

  23. Specifications/Std Drawings Must Address Differences RIGID PIPE FLEXIBLE PIPE STRUCTURAL BACKFILL 95% (HAUNCH) (Type 1 Installation) SOIL/GRANULAR EMBANKMENT 85% COMPACTION (Type 4 Installation) STRUCTURAL BACKFILL 96% COMPACTION 12” 6” 1.33xO.D 1.33xO.D 1.25xO.D.+1.0’

  24. If You Do Not Build The Block Flexible pipe 12” STRUCTURAL BACKFILL 96% COMPACTION See UTA, KY & Ohio L/V Inspections of Installed HDPE Pipe 6” 1.25xO.D.+1.0’

  25. What Do You Want The Structural Integrity of Your Design To Depend On? RCP 80% - 90% of Structure from Pipe LOW BID INC. 85% - 95% of Structure from Backfill Material

  26. Inspection During Construction During Install. Flexible Pipe = confirm design calcs & conditions + Firm Foundation + Homed joints + Structure/Design must be confirmed by compaction testing of pipe envelope material (the structure) Rigid check class = plan design (structure confirmed at plant 3EB) + Firm Foundation + Joints in home position before backfill placed Backfill for flex. Pipe = Structural Integrity of the flex. Pipe system!

  27. Post Construction Inspection • Post Installation Inspection • Flexible check deflection 100% of pipe (over deflection will lead to failure) • Must combine video with some way to measure deflection L/V or Mandrel • Rigidvisual inspect 100% • Video 30” and smaller • We are not concerned about critical inspection of our product

  28. AASHTO SECTION 30.5.6NEW INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR HDPE PIPE(AS ADOPTED BY THE AASHTO SUBCOMMITTEE ON BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES – JUNE 29, 2005) • All pipes shall undergo inspection during and after installation. • Final inspections shall be conducted no sooner than 30 days after completion of installation and final fill. • The pipe shall be evaluated to determine whether the internal diameter of the barrel has been reduced more than 5 percent when measured not less than 30 days following completion of installation. • For locations where pipe deflection exceeds 5 percent of the inside diameter, an evaluation shall be conducted by the Contractor and submitted to the Engineer for review and approval considering the severity of the deflection, structural integrity, environmental conditions, and the design service life of the pipe. Pipe remediation or replacement shall be required for locations where the evaluation finds that the deflection could be problematic. For locations where pipe deflection exceeds 7.5 percent of the inside diameter, remediation or replacement of the pipe is required. • Installed pipe deflections that exceed 5 percent of the initial inside diameter may indicate that the installation was substandard. appropriate remediation, if any, will depend upon the severity of the deflection. • In all pipe installations, at least 10 percent of the total number of pipe runs representing at least 10 percent of the total project footage on the project shall be randomly selected by the Engineer and inspected for deflection. Also, as determined by the 100 percent visual inspection in Section 30.5.6.1, all areas in which deflection can be visually detected shall be inspected for deflection.

  29. AASHTO SECTION 26.5.7NEW INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR CMP(AS ADOPTED BY THE AASHTO SUBCOMMITTEE ON BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES – JUNE 29, 2005) • CMP shall be inspected after placement in the trench, as required during backfilling, and after completion of installation to ensure that final installation conditions allow the pipe to perform as designed. • Final internal inspections shall be conducted on all buried CMP installations to evaluate issues that may affect long term performance. Final inspections shall be conducted no sooner than 30 days after completion of installation and final fill. • It should be noted that the AASHTO Flexible Culvert Liaison Committee has been directed to write deflection criteria for inclusion in the installation specification for CMP this year. • As of ’06 7.5 max deflection established!

  30. AASHTO SECTION 27.6.1NEW INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR RCP(AS ADOPTED BY THE AASHTO SUBCOMMITTEE ON BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES – JUNE 29, 2005) • Internal inspections shall be conducted on all buried rigid pipe installations to evaluate issues that may affect long-term performance, such as cracks, joint quality and alignment. Inspections shall be conducted no sooner than 30 days after completion of installation and final fill. • Hairline longitudinal cracks in the crown or invert indicate that the steel has accepted part of the load. Cracks equal to or less than 0.01 in. (0.25 mm) in width are considered minor and only need to be noted in the inspection report. • Inspection records for pipes with crack widths exceeding 0.01 in. (0.25 mm), shall be kept on file for monitoring conditions during subsequent inspections. Crack measurements and photographs shall be taken for monitoring conditions during subsequent inspections.

  31. Specifications and Std. Details • Review and use national Stds as a guide to complete your own Specs for the diff. piping products • Materials & Manufacturing • Installation • Inspection • Allow us to be a resource & provide you with all the national stds. and suggested specification outline for all Products

  32. Risk & Liability Issues Hydraulics Flammability Pre-Mature Structural Failures Environmental Issues ab

  33. Hydraulics • Laboratory testing is done with perfect laminar flow conditions and the pipe is not subjected to external loading • Both concrete and plastic pipe have achieved laboratory “n” values of 0.009 • What additional losses can be attributed to the “rippling” of the interior liner under field loading conditions?

  34. Hydraulics

  35. Hydraulic Efficiency 2/3 1/2

  36. Recap - Hydraulics Manning’s “n” value Critical “n” for HDPE, closer to value of CMP Risk to Owner/Engineer = undersized pipe, upstream flooding, asset losses, liability

  37. Flammability

  38. Low Risk ? -- High Maintenance -- Value?

  39. Premature Failure Are a Cost that affects us all!

  40. Culvert Failures… How much do they ACTUALLY cost?

  41. I – 35 W Bridge CollapseMinneapolis, MN

  42. Measures the present value of all relevant costs of installing, operating and maintaining alternative drainage systems over a specified period of time. engineering construction maintenance rehabilitation replacement Economic AnalysisLife Cycle Cost Analysis

  43. WASTEWATER = D- INCLUDES SANITARY AND STORM SEWER

  44. It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot-it can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run. And, if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better. JOHN RUSKIN 1819-1900, renowned English critic, social commentator, and economist of the Victorian Age

  45. RCP VS Flexible Pipe SystemsDIFFERENT IN MANY WAYS! • IF YOU TAKE ANYTHING AWAY WITH YOU TODAY WE WANT YOU TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND: • RIGID PIPE IS DIFFERENT FROM FLEX. PIPE • Recognize The Differences: • MUST BE DESIGNED DIFFERENT • MUST BE INSTALLED DIFFERENT • MUST BE INSPECTED DIFFERENT • SPECIFICATIONS AND DETAILS SHOULD BE DIFFERENT

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