ASTM B790/B790M-16

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 specification 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 and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Oct-2016
• ICS: 23.040.15 - Non-ferrous metal pipes
• Technical Committee: B07 - Light Metals and Alloys
• Drafting Committee: B07.08 - Corrugated Aluminum Pipe and Corrugated Aluminum Structural Plate

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Designation: B790/B790M − 16
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* priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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
1.3 Structural plate pipe, pipe-arches, and arches are fabri- Culverts
cated in separate plates that when assembled at the job site by
D698Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Character-
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bolting form the required shape. istics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,400 ft-lbf/ft (600
3
kN-m/m ))
1.4 This specification is applicable to design in inch-pound
D1556Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in
units as Specification B790 or in SI units as Specification
Place by Sand-Cone Method
B790M. Inch-pound units and SI units are not necessarily
D2167Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in
equivalent.SIunitsareshowninbracketsinthetextforclarity,
Place by the Rubber Balloon Method
but they are the applicable values when the design is done in
D2487Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering
accordance with Specification B790M.
Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System)
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
D2937Test Method for Density of Soil in Place by the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Drive-Cylinder Method
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
D6938TestMethodsforIn-PlaceDensityandWaterContent
of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow
Depth)
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B07 on Light
Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B07.08 on
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Corrugated Aluminum Pipe and Corrugated Aluminum Structural Plate. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2016. Published December 2016. Originally contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 1990. Last previous edition approved in 2011 as B790/B790M–11. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
DOI: 10.1520/B0790_B0790M-16. the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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2.2 FAA Standards:
E = modulus of elasticity, 10 × 10 lbf⁄in.
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AC No. 150/5320-5DAdvisory Circular, “Airport Drainage
[69×10 MPa],
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Design” Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation
EL = earth load, lbf/ft [kPa],
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Administration fc = critical buckling stress, lbf/in. [MPa],
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FF = flexibility factor, in./lbf [mm/N],
2.3 AASHTO Standards:
Fu = specified minimum tensile strength,
LRFD Bridge Design Specifications
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= 31000 lbf/in. [215 MPa] for corrugated alumi-
LRFD Bridge Construction Specifications
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num pipe in accordance with Specification B745/
2.4 Other Standards:
B745M using Alclad Alloy 3004–H34,
American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-Of-Way
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= 27000 lbf/in. [185 MPa] for corrugated alumi-
Association (AREMA) Guidelines
num pipe in accordance with Specification B745/
3. Termino
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Designation: B790/B790M − 11 B790/B790M − 16
Standard Practice for
Structural Design of Corrugated Aluminum Pipe, Pipe-
Arches, and Arches for Culverts, Storm Sewers, and Other
1
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. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. 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 specification 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 and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
B745/B745M Specification for Corrugated Aluminum Pipe for Sewers and Drains
B746/B746M Specification for Corrugated Aluminum Alloy Structural Plate for Field-Bolted Pipe, Pipe-Arches, and Arches
B788/B788M Practice for Installing Factory-Made Corrugated Aluminum Culverts and Storm Sewer Pipe
B789/B789M Practice for Installing Corrugated Aluminum Structural Plate Pipe for Culverts and Sewers
B864/B864M Specification for Corrugated Aluminum Box Culverts
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D698 Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,400 ft-lbf/ft (600 kN-m/m ))
D1556 Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by Sand-Cone Method
D2167 Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by the Rubber Balloon Method
D2487 Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System)
D2937 Test Method for Density of Soil in Place by the Drive-Cylinder Method
D6938 Test Methods for In-Place Density and Water Content of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)
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2.2 FAA Standards:
AC No. 150/5320-5B,150/5320-5D Advisory Circular, “Airport Drainage,” Drainage Design” Department of Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration, Publication No. SN-050-007-00149-5, 1970Administration
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B07 on Light Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B07.08 on Corrugated
Aluminum Pipe and Corrugated Aluminum Structural Plate.
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2011Nov. 1, 2016. Published December 2011December 2016. Originally approved in 1990. Last previous edition approved in 20062011
as B790B790/B790M – 11.–00 (2006). DOI: 10.1520/B0790_B0790M-11.10.1520/B0790_B0790M-16.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, DODSSP, Bldg. 4, Section D, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5098. http://www.faa.gov/airports/
resources/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.current/documentNumber/150_5320-5
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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