Monitoring Culvert Load with Shallow Filling Under Geofoam Areas

The Kentucky Transportation Center will install pressure cells on a Conspan precast culvert located on Westport Road in Louisville, Kentucky to monitor actual pressures after using two feet of Geofoam. Data will be collected and analyzed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Final Report: KTC-08-28-FR165-07-1F

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $19587.00
• Contract Numbers:

  FR 165

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  State Office Building, Clinton and High Streets
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622
• Project Managers:

  Byrd, Jamie

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center
  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281
• Principal Investigators:

  Sun, Liecheng

  Hopkins, Tommy

• Start Date: 20070701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20080731
• Source Data: RiP Project 14726

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Culvert outlets; Culverts; Data collection; Fillers (Materials); Mat foundations; Monitoring; Polystyrene; Research projects
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460224
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of Kentucky, Lexington
• Contract Numbers: FR 165
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:21PM