Tire-derived aggregate (TDA) has been used successfully as a backfill soil to reduce the
applied stresses on buried steel pipes. The preceding study, however, paid no attention to …

It is quite common to install buried pipes using the traditional cut-and-fill method.
Furthermore, there is a new trend of using compressible materials (eg, tire-derived …

Marston's theory is typically used to predict earth loads acting on culverts installed in
negative projecting trenches. This theory assumes that trench walls are vertical; however …

Metal culverts exist throughout North America and are by nature prone to deterioration. A
number of rehabilitation techniques have been developed to prolong the service life of …

Compressible materials including Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) blocks have been
extensively used in many geotechnical applications to reduce the effects of applied …

Culvert-soil interaction and soil arch effect in fill are extremely complicated for box culvert
installed in trench terrain. This paper conducted numerous model tests to investigate the …