MAHAWELI WATER SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM (MWSIP)

CONSTRUCTION OF KALUGANGA – MORAGAHAKANDA TRANSFER

CANAL(KMTC) FROM 0+000 km TO 8+830 km
Contract No: MMDE/MWSIP/ADB/UECP/ICB-2B/P47381-005-SRI/ICB/2016/026

VERIFICATION OF THE ADEQUACY OF PROPOSED

CLASS NP2 CONCRETE HUME PIPES

SINOHYDRO CORPORATION LIMITED

Mar-21
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Component Class NP2 Hume Pipes for Pipe Culverts Date 06/03/2021
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VERIFICATION OF THE ADEQUACY OF PROPOSED
CLASS NP2 CONCRETE HUME PIPES WITH MINIMUM
COVER OF 0.6m

Class NP2 concrete hume pipes have proposed in the pipe culverts and encasements are provided only if
the soil cover is less than 0.6m. This report provides calculations to check the adequacy of class NP2
pipes with this minimum cover without encasements. It is to be noted that with the increase of soil cover,
the effect of vehicle live load decrease and become negligible. Encasement is provided once the pipe
strength is insufficient and then the pipe encasement will be designed to resist the full load.
1.0 Codes of Practices and References

OCPA Concrete Pipe Design Manual

ACPA Concrete Pipe Design Manual

2.0 Pipe Parameters

Pipe type = Class NP2 - Reinforced Concrete, Light

Duty, Non-pressure pipes
For 600mm pipe
Internal diameter (D) = 600 mm
Barrel wall thickness (t) = 45 mm
External diameter (Bc) = 690 mm 0.69 m

For 900mm pipe

Internal diameter = 900 mm
Barrel wall thickness (t) = 55 mm
External diameter (Bc) = 1010 mm 1.01 m

3.0 Soil & Laying Parameters

Backfill soil type = Type I or II

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Unit weight of backfill soil (compacted) = 19 kN/m
Laying conditions = positive projection embankment
Depth of cover to top of ppipe (H) = 600 mm 0.60 m

4.0 Determination of soil load

Bc = 0.69m or 1.01m
H= 0.60 m

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Earth Load (WE) = VAF*PL

VAF = Vertical arching factor PL = Prism load

For Type 1 bedding as provided in the drawing,

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Illustration 4.6 VAF = 1.35 PL = w(H + D (4-π)/8)
ACPA

For 600mm pipe

WE,600 = 16.70 kN/m

For 900mm pipe

WE,900 = 18.20 kN/m

Illustration 4.21 Bedding factors for Type 1 bedding

ACPA
For 600mm pipe
Bfe,600 = 4.20

For 900mm pipe

Bfe,900 = 4.00

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5.0 Determination of heavy vehicle load

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Average pressure intensity of the subsoil plane (w L) = P*g*If/ALL

For AASHTO HS 20 loading,

P = 7250 kg g = 9.81 ms-2

If = 1.1

ALL = (0.25+1.75*H)*(0.5+1.75*H)
= 2.02 m2
Therefore,
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wL = 38.83 kN/m

Total live load acting on the pipe (WT) = wL*L*SL

L = Min {(0.5+1.75H); actual pipe length} taking equal to 0.5+1.75H

= 1.55 m

SL = Min {(0.25+1.75H); Bc}

For 600mm pipe

SL,600 = 0.69 m

For 900mm pipe

SL,600 = 1.01 m

Therefore,

W T,600 = 41.52 kN

W T,900 = 60.78 kN

Live load acting on pipe per linear meter WL = WT/Le

Le = L+1.75*0.75Bc

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Therefore,
WL,600 = 16.91 kN/m

WL,900 = 21.14 kN/m

Illustration 4.24 Bedding factors for HS 20 loading

ACPA

BfLL,600 = 2.20

BfLL,900 = 2.20

6.0 Design verification of the pipes

600mm diameter pipe

Total load on the pipe = WE,600/Bfe,600+WL,600/BfLL,600

= 11.66 kN/m
Refer Table 2 Load to produce 0.25mm crack of = 18.88 kN/m >>11.66kN/m
below class NP2 600mm dia. hume pipe Satisfied

Ultimate load resistance of class NP2 = 28.32 kN/m

600mm dia pipe

F.O.S against failure = 2.43 >>1.5 Satisfied

900mm diameter pipe

Total load on the pipe = WE,900/Bfe,900+WL,900/BfLL,900

= 14.16 kN/m
Refer Table 2 Load to produce 0.25mm crack of = 22.80 kN/m >>14.16 kN/m
below class NP2 900mm dia. hume pipe Satisfied

Ultimate load resistance of class NP2 = 34.2 kN/m

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900mm dia pipe

F.O.S against failure = 2.42 >>1.5 Satisfied

Above calculations checked the adequacy of two major pipe diameters proposed for the pipe
culverts and it is confirmed that class NP2 hume pipes are adequate to use as shown in the
drawing.

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