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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.4.606

Safety Factor of Rigid Sewer Pipe by Different Types of Foundation and Backfill  

Lee, Kwan-Ho (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University)
Kim, Seong-Kyum (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.4, 2019 , pp. 606-612 More about this Journal
Abstract
The main causes of subsidence and sinkholes in the lower part of urban roads are sewage line foundation and inadequate compaction of backfill material. This leads to many problems, such as the breakage of joints in sewer pipes, poor connection, pipe breakage, and cracks. To solve this problem, the support factor related to the sewer foundation and the safety factor according to the excavation depth were evaluated. For the foundation of rigidity tolerance, crushed stone foundation, and abandoned concrete foundation, a recently newly developed site assembly-type lightweight plastic foundation were used. Backfill materials were applied on site (sandy soil and clayey soil) and fluid backfill was recycled onsite. To evaluate the depth of excavation and the safety factor of each sewer pipe foundation, the design load considering the load factor and the support factor was evaluated. The support coefficients were 0.377 for a crushed stone foundation, 0.243 and 0.220 for an abandoned concrete foundation ($180^{\circ}$ and $120^{\circ}$), and 0.231 for a lightweight plastic foundation and fluid backfill. Overall, the safety factor was low when using the crushed stone foundation, and the safety rate was the highest when the foreclosed concrete foundation ($180^{\circ}$) was used. In addition, when the combination of lightweight plastic and fluid backfill materials was used, the safety factor was higher than that of abandoned concrete foundation ($120^{\circ}$), which means that the newly developed lightweight plastic foundation can be used as another alternative base of a steel pipe.
Keywords
Backfill Materials; Bedding Factor; Design Load; Foundation; Rigid Pipe;
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