ASTM C1504-01

Standard Specification for Manufacture of Precast Reinforced Concrete Three-Sided Structures for Culverts, Storm Drains, and Sewers

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers single-cell precast conventionally reinforced concrete three-sided structures intended to be used for the construction of culverts and for the conveyance of storm water and sewage.
1.2 A complete metric companion to Specification C 1504 has been developed—C 1504M; therefore, no metric equivalents are presented in this specification.
Note 1—This specification is primarily a manufacturing and purchasing specification. The successful performance of this product depends upon the proper selection of the geometric section, bedding, backfill, and care that the installation conforms to the construction specifications. The purchaser of the precast reinforced concrete three-sided structure specified herein is cautioned that he must properly correlate the loading conditions and the field requirements with the geometric section specified and provide for inspection at the construction site.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Sep-2001
• Technical Committee: C13 - Concrete Pipe
• Drafting Committee: C13.07 - Acceptance Specifications and Precast Concrete Box Sections

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM C1504-01e1 - Standard Specification for Manufacture of Precast Reinforced Concrete Three-Sided Structures for Culverts, Storm Drains, and Sewers
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2001
• Referred By: ASTM C990-09(2019) - Standard Specification for Joints for Concrete Pipe, Manholes, and Precast Box Sections Using Preformed Flexible Joint Sealants
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 1504 – 01
Standard Specification for
Manufacture of Precast Reinforced Concrete Three-Sided
Structures for Culverts, Storm Drains, and Sewers
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 1504; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope C 150 Specification for Portland Cement
C 309 Specification for Liquid Membrane-Forming Com-
1.1 This specification covers single-cell precast convention-
pounds for Curing Concrete
ally reinforced concrete three-sided structures intended to be
C 494/C 494M Specification for Chemical Admixtures for
used for the construction of culverts and for the conveyance of
Concrete
storm water and sewage.
C 497 Test Methods for Concrete Pipe, Manhole Sections,
1.2 A complete metric companion to Specification C 1504
or Tile
has been developed—C 1504M; therefore, no metric equiva-
C 595 Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements
lents are presented in this specification.
C 618 Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined
NOTE 1—This specification is primarily a manufacturing and purchas-
Natural Pozzolan for Use as a Mineral Admixture in
ing specification. The successful performance of this product depends
Portland Cement Concrete
upon the proper selection of the geometric section, bedding, backfill, and
C 822 Terminology Relating to Concrete Pipe and Related
care that the installation conforms to the construction specifications. The
Products
purchaser of the precast reinforced concrete three-sided structure specified
herein is cautioned that he must properly correlate the loading conditions 2.2 AASHTO Standard:
and the field requirements with the geometric section specified and
Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges
provide for inspection at the construction site.
3. Terminology
2. Referenced Documents
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms relating to geomet-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
ric sections, see Terminology C 822.
A 82 Specification for Steel Wire, Plain, for Concrete Re-
4. Types
inforcement
A 185 Specification for Steel Welded Wire Fabric, Plain, for
4.1 Precast reinforced concrete three-sided structures shall
Concrete Reinforcement
be produced by manufacturers that meet the requirements of
A 496 Specification for Steel Wire, Deformed, for Concrete
the purchasers, and shall designate each section by span, rise,
Reinforcement
and design earth cover.
A 497 Specification for Steel Welded Wire Fabric, De-
5. Basis of Acceptance
formed, for Concrete Reinforcement
A 615/A 615M Specification for Deformed and Plain
5.1 Acceptability of the three-sided sections produced in
Billet-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
accordance with Section 7 shall be determined by the results of
A 616/A 616M Specification for Rail-Steel Deformed and
the concrete compressive strength tests described in Section
Plain Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
10, by the material requirements described in Section 6, and by
A 617/A 617M Specification for Axle-Steel Deformed and
inspection of the finished three-sided sections.
Plain Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
5.2 Three-sided sections shall be considered ready for
C 31/C 31M Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test
acceptance when they conform to the requirements of this
Specimens in the Field
specification.
C 33 Specification for Concrete Aggregates
6. Materials
C 39 Test Method for Comprehensive Strength of Cylindri-
cal Concrete Specimens
6.1 Reinforced Concrete—The reinforced concrete shall
consist of cementitious materials, mineral aggregates and
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C13 on
Concrete Pipe and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C13.07 on
Acceptance Specifications and Precast Concrete Box Sections. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.01.
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2001. Published November 2001. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.05.
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water, in which steel has been embedded in such a manner that layers of welded-wire fabric, not to exceed three layers or
the steel and concrete act together. utilizing single or multiple layers of deformed billet steel bars,
6.2 Cementitious Materials: not to exceed two layers. The welded-wire fabric on 7.3 shall
be composed of circumferential and longitudinal wires meeting
6.2.1 Cement—Cement shall conform to the requirements
for portland cement of Specification C 150 or shall be portland the spacing requirements of 7.3 and shall contain sufficient
longitudinal wires extending through the three-sided section to
blast-furnace slag cement or portland-pozzolan cement con-
forming to the requirements of Specification C 595, except that maintain the shape and position of reinforcement. Longitudinal
distribution reinforcement may be welded-wire fabric or de-
the pozzolan constituent in the Type IP portland pozzolan
cement shall be fly ash and shall not exceed 25 % by weight. formed billet-steel bars and shall meet the spacing require-
ments of 7.3. The ends of the longitudinal distribution rein-
6.2.2 Fly Ash—Fly ash shall conform to the requirements of
forcement shall not be more than 2 in. from the ends of a
Specification C 618, Class F or Class C.
three-sided section. The exposure of the ends of longitudinals,
6.2.3 Allowable Cementitious, or Combinations of Cemen-
stirrups, and spacers used to position the reinforcement shall
titious Materials—The combination of cementitious materials
not be a cause for rejection.
used in concrete shall be one of the following:
7.3 Laps, Welds, and Spacing—Splices in the circumferen-
6.2.3.1 Portland cement.
tial reinforcement shall be made by lapping. The overlap
6.2.3.2 Portland blast furnace slag cement.
measured between the outermost longitudinal wires of each
6.2.3.3 Portland pozzolan cement.
fabric sheet or the outermost bars shall not be less than the
6.2.3.4 A combination of portland cement and fly ash
spacing of the longitudinal wires plus 2 in. but not less than 10
wherein the proportion of fly ash between 5 and 25 % by
in. The spacing center to center of the circumferential wires or
weight of total cementitious material (portland cement plus fly
bars shall not be less than 2 in. nor more than 4 in. The spacing
ash).
center to center of the longitudinal wires or bars shall not be
6.3 Aggregates—Aggregates shall conform to Specification
more than 8 in. for deformed billet steel bars; the overlap shall
C 33, except that the requirements for gradation shall not
meet the requirements of AASHTO.
apply.
6.4 Admixtures and Blends—Admixtures and blends may be
8. Joints
used with the approval of the purchaser.
8.1 The precast reinforced concrete three-sided structures
6.4.1 Air Entraining Admixtures—Air entraining will be
shall be produced with tongue and groove ends, fiat butt ends
required on all products produced with positive slump, wet-
or key-way ends. The ends shall be of such design and the ends
cast concrete and shall conform to the requirements of Speci-
of the three-sided sections so formed that each section can be
fication C 494/C 494M.
laid together to make a continuous line of sections compatible
6.5 Steel Reinforcement—Reinforcement shall consist of
with the permissible variations given in Section 11.
welded wire fabric conforming to Specifications A 185 or
A 497 or deformed and plain steel bars for reinforced concrete
9. Manufacture
conforming to Specification A 615/A 615M, Grade 60, A 616/
9.1 Mixture—The aggregates shall be sized, graded, propor-
A 616M, or A 617/A 617M. Longitudinal distribution rein-
tioned, and mixed with such proportions of cementitious
forcement may consist of welded wire fabric or deformed
materials and water as will produce a homogeneous concrete
billet-steel bars conforming to Specification A 615/A 615M,
mixture of such quality that each section will conform to the
Grade 60.
test and design requirements of this specification. All concrete
NOTE 2—This specification does not address reinforcement with pre- shall have a water-cementitious materials ratio not exceeding
stressing strand or any other form of pre-tensioning or post-tensioning.
0.53 by weights. Cementitious materials shall be as specified in
6.2 and shall be added to the mix in a proportion not less than
7. Design 3
470 lb/yd unless mix designs with a lower cementitious
7.1 Design Criteria—The three-sided section’s dimensions
materials content demonstrate that the quality and performance
and reinforcement details shall be as required by design, in of the three-sided sections meet the requirements of this
accordance with Section 17.8 of the AASHTO Standard
specification.
Specifications for Highway Bridges. The minimum concrete 9.2 Curing—The three-sided sections shall be cured for a
compressive strength shall be 5000 psi, and the minimum steel
sufficient length of time so that the concrete will develop the
yield strength shall be 65 000 psi for welded-wire fabric and specified compressive strength in 28 days or less. Any one of
60 000 psi for deformed billet-steel bars.
the following methods of curing or combinations thereof may
7.2 Placement of Reinforcement—The cover of concrete be used:
over the circumferential reinforcement shall be 1 in., subject to 9.2.1 Steam Curing—The three-sided section may be low
the provisions of Section 11. The clear distance of the end pressure, steam-cured by a system that will maintain a moist
circumferential wires shall be not less than ⁄2 in. nor more than atmosphere.
2 in. from the ends of each section. For three-sided sections 9.2.2 Water Curing—The three-sided section may be water-
covered by less than 2 ft of fill, minimum cover for the cured by any method that will keep the sections moist.
reinforcement in the top of the top slab shall be 2-in., subject 9.2.3 Membrane Curing—A sealing membrane conforming
to the provisions of Section 11. Reinforcement shall be to the requirements of Specification C 309 may be applied and
assembled utilizing any combination of single or multiple shall be left intact until the required concrete compressive
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strength is attained. The concrete temperature at the time of acceptable when the test strength, defined as the average of
application shall be within 10
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