ASTM B790/B790M-16(2021)
(Practice)Standard Practice for Structural Design of Corrugated Aluminum Pipe, Pipe-Arches, and Arches for Culverts, Storm Sewers, and Other Buried Conduits
Standard Practice for Structural Design of Corrugated Aluminum Pipe, Pipe-Arches, and Arches for Culverts, Storm Sewers, and Other Buried Conduits
ABSTRACT
This practice is intended for the structural design of corrugated aluminum pipe and pipe-arches, and aluminum structural plate pipe, pipe-arches, and arches for use as culverts, storm sewers, and other buried conduits. This practice is for pipe installed in a trench or embankment and subjected to highway, railroad, and aircraft loadings. It must be recognized that buried corrugated aluminum pipes are composite structures made up of the aluminum ring and the soil envelope, and both elements play a vital part in the structural design. Corrugated aluminum pipe and pipe-arches shall be of annular fabrication using riveted seams, or of helical fabrication having a continuous lockseam. Structural plate pipe, pipe-arches, and arches shall be fabricated in separate plates that when assembled at the job site by bolting form the required shape. The design load or pressure on a pipe is comprised of earth load, live load, and impact load. Strength requirements for wall strength, buckling strength, and seam strength may be determined by either the allowable stress design (ASD) method (involves calculation of required wall area and critical buckling stress) or the load and resistance factor design (LRFD) method (involves calculation of factored loads, factored thrust, factored resistance, wall resistance, and seam resistance). Requirements for handling and installation rigidity and minimum cover are detailed. Design considerations for deflection, smooth-line pipe, spiral-rib pipe, pipe-arch, pipe materials, soil, minimum spacing, end treatment, abrasive or corrosive conditions, construction and installation, and structural plate arches are provided.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice is intended for the structural design of corrugated aluminum pipe and pipe-arches, and aluminum structural plate pipe, pipe-arches, and arches for use as culverts and storm sewers and other buried conduits. This practice is for pipe installed in a trench or embankment and subjected to highway, railroad, and aircraft loadings. It must be recognized that a buried corrugated aluminum pipe is a composite structure made up of the aluminum ring and the soil envelope, and both elements play a vital part in the structural design of this type of structure.
1.2 Corrugated aluminum pipe and pipe-arches shall be of annular fabrication using riveted seams, or of helical fabrication having a continuous lockseam.
1.3 Structural plate pipe, pipe-arches, and arches are fabricated in separate plates that when assembled at the job site by bolting form the required shape.
1.4 This practice is applicable to design in inch-pound units as Specification B790 or in SI units as Specification B790M. Inch-pound units and SI units are not necessarily equivalent. SI units are shown in brackets in the text for clarity, but they are the applicable values when the design is done in accordance with Specification B790M.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: B790/B790M − 16 (Reapproved 2021)
Standard Practice for
Structural Design of Corrugated Aluminum Pipe, Pipe-
Arches, and Arches for Culverts, Storm Sewers, and Other
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Buried Conduits
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B790/B790M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
1.1 This practice is intended for the structural design of
corrugated aluminum pipe and pipe-arches, and aluminum
2. Referenced Documents
structuralplatepipe,pipe-arches,andarchesforuseasculverts
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
andstormsewersandotherburiedconduits.Thispracticeisfor
B745/B745MSpecification for Corrugated Aluminum Pipe
pipe installed in a trench or embankment and subjected to
for Sewers and Drains
highway, railroad, and aircraft loadings. It must be recognized
B746/B746MSpecification for CorrugatedAluminumAlloy
that a buried corrugated aluminum pipe is a composite struc-
Structural Plate for Field-Bolted Pipe, Pipe-Arches, and
ture made up of the aluminum ring and the soil envelope, and
Arches
both elements play a vital part in the structural design of this
B788/B788MPractice for Installing Factory-Made Corru-
type of structure.
gated Aluminum Culverts and Storm Sewer Pipe
1.2 Corrugated aluminum pipe and pipe-arches shall be of
B789/B789MPractice for Installing Corrugated Aluminum
annular fabrication using riveted seams, or of helical fabrica- Structural Plate Pipe for Culverts and Sewers
tion having a continuous lockseam.
B864/B864MSpecification for Corrugated Aluminum Box
Culverts
1.3 Structural plate pipe, pipe-arches, and arches are fabri-
D698Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Character-
cated in separate plates that when assembled at the job site by
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istics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,400 ft-lbf/ft (600
bolting form the required shape.
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kN-m/m ))
1.4 This practice is applicable to design in inch-pound units
D1556Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in
as Specification B790 or in SI units as Specification B790M.
Place by Sand-Cone Method
Inch-poundunitsandSIunitsarenotnecessarilyequivalent.SI
D2167Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in
units are shown in brackets in the text for clarity, but they are
Place by the Rubber Balloon Method
the applicable values when the design is done in accordance
D2487Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering
with Specification B790M.
Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System)
D2937Test Method for Density of Soil in Place by the
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
Drive-Cylinder Method
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
D6938TestMethodsforIn-PlaceDensityandWaterContent
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
Depth)
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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2.2 FAA Standards:
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
AC No. 150/5320-5DAdvisory Circular, “Airport Drainage
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
Design” Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Administration
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B07 on Light Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B07.08 on the ASTM website.
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Corrugated Aluminum Pipe and Corrugated Aluminum Structural Plate. Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, DODSSP, Bldg. 4,
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2021. Published December 2021. Originally Section D, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5098. http://www.faa.gov/
approved in 1990. Last previous edition approved in 2016 as B790/B790M–16. airports/resources/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.current/
DOI: 10.1520/B0790_B0790M-16R21. documentNumber/150_5320-5
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