Browsing Department of Civil Engineering Graduate Theses by Author "Moore, Ian D."
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Assessment of Deteriorated Corrugated Steel Culverts
Mai, Van Thien (2013-01-31)The goal of this thesis is to develop more effective quantitative procedures to evaluate the stability of deteriorated metal culverts and a better understanding of the deteriorated culverts' behaviour through non-destructive ... -
Behaviour and Design of Reinforced Concrete Pipes
MacDougall, Katrina (2014-06-24)The overall objectives of this thesis are to determine if Indirect and Direct Design methods currently used for reinforced concrete pipe are able to accurately predict the capacity of the pipe, to identify discrepancies ... -
Behaviour of Deteriorated Pipes Rehabilitated With Grouted Slipliners
Simpson, Bryan (2013-11-29)The goals of this research are to develop and validate the use of distributed fibre optic sensors for use in strain monitoring of buried culverts, and to use full-scale experiments to evaluate the performance of both ... -
Development and Influence of Erosion Voids at Rigid Pipe Joints
Monteith, TylerAn experiment was designed and conducted to study the effect that erosion voids forming at leaky reinforced concrete pipe joints have on the pipe response to surface loading. The experiment consisted of a jointed system ... -
Effect of Geometric Imperfections (Wrinkles) on the Circumferential Strength of a Composite Polymer Liner for Pressure Pipes
Ampiah, Nancy (2008-10-09)The relining of deteriorated gravity flow and pressure pipes with polymeric liners is now popular practice. In the water industry, health concerns and challenges associated with re-opening water services in a lined small ... -
The Effect of Wall and Backfill Soil Deterioration on Corrugated Metal Culvert Stability
El-Taher, Mohamed (2009-10-08)Ministries and departments of transportation are working to undertake assessments of deteriorated metal culverts. To assist with these assessments by developing rational methods of classifying culverts, to select those ... -
Experimental Response of a Pile in Sand Under Static and Cyclic Lateral Loads
Oghabi, Pegah (2014-05-05)Piles are engineering structures which are subjected to axial and lateral loading. In this dissertation, pile load tests were performed on a full-scale fabricated pile to understand lateral pile responses under static and ... -
Field Measurements of Surface Displacements from Pipe Bursting
McLeod, Heather (2009-01-15)Two field studies of surface displacements during pipe bursting were conducted. The first field study consisted of a controlled experiment in clay soil. Three vitrified clay pipelines, each at a different burial depth, ... -
Ground displacements and pipe response during pulled-in-place pipe installation.
Cholewa, Johnathan (2009-04-02)Polymer pipes, typically high density polyethylene (HDPE), can be pulled-into-place, avoiding traditional cut-and-cover construction, using pipe bursting and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) pipe installation techniques. ... -
Hydraulic fracture experiments in a frictional material and approximations for maximum allowable mud pressure
Elwood, David E. Y. (2008-08-07)Directional drilling has become a popular construction method used by municipalities, contractors and engineers alike for the construction of new subsurface pipelines while minimizing impact on the surrounding community. ... -
Investigation of Culvert Joints Employing Large Scale Tests and Numerical Simulations
Becerril García, David (2013-01-02)The performance of joints in buried gravity flow pipelines are important since failure of these elements can affect the structural capacity of soil-pipe systems and reduce their longevity. Currently, there are no clear ... -
Investigation of Full Scale Horizontal Pipe-Soil Interaction and Large Strain Behaviour of Sand
Burnett, Alexander (2015-01-30)Oil and gas pipelines buried off the east coast of Canada are in a complex and dynamic environment with many inherent risks, including scour events by large icebergs in shallow water, which present a significant hazard to ... -
Investigation of Maximum Mud Pressure within Sand and Clay during Horizontal Directional Drilling
Xia, Hongwei (2009-01-14)Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) has been used internationally for the trenchless installation of utility conduits and other infrastructure. However, the mud loss problem caused by excessive mud pressure in the borehole ... -
Investigation of the Failure Mechanisms of Intact and Deteriorated Culverts
Regier, Caleb (2015-10-03)The goals of this research are to better understand the impact of wall section loss due to corrosion as well as the influence of different failure mechanisms on corrugated steel culverts. An accelerated corrosion technique ... -
Investigation of the Failure of Large-Diameter Cast-Iron Water Mains Using a Stochastic, Physical Model
Wilson, Daniel (2014-10-06)Cast-iron water mains are still in use in water distribution systems across North America. These pipes are now reaching the end of their expected service lives and are becoming a concern to water utilities. Large-diameter ... -
Limit States Testing of a Buried Deep-Corrugated Large-Span Box Culvert
Lougheed, Andrea (2009-01-15)Results are reported from full-scale testing of a buried, deep-corrugated, large-span box culvert with a 2.4 m rise and 10.0 m span under controlled laboratory conditions. A total of twenty-one experiments were conducted ... -
Nonlinear finite element study of deteriorated rigid sewers including the influence of erosion voids
Tan, Zheng (2007-10-01)The service life of rigid sewer pipes is often controlled by joint integrity. Leaking joints can cause ingress of water and develop voids where surrounding soil has eroded. The influence of soil voids on the stability of ... -
Nonlinear soil-structure interaction for buried pressure pipes under differential ground motion
Ni, PengPeng (2016-09-28)Pipelines extend thousands of kilometers across wide geographic areas as a network to provide essential services for modern life. It is inevitable that pipelines must pass through unfavorable ground conditions, which are ... -
Performance and Assessment of Rehabilitated Steel Culverts
Tetreault, Jacob (2016-10-25)This thesis explores the effects of rehabilitation on the structural performance of corrugated steel culverts. A full-scale laboratory experiment investigated the effects of grouted slip-liners on the performance of two ... -
Simplified Design Equations and Laboratory Tests for Pipe Joints
Wang, Yu (2013-01-31)The joint may be considered a weak point along the pipe and can have a major impact on pipe performance. However, little research has been conducted in regard to joint design. To improve current structural design criteria, ...