I'm a junior water guy -- does anyone have experience calculating failure modes of CSP as a structural member? I'm using CSP to protect/support a watermain across a bridge with piers spaced 4m apart. I wish to verify deflection in that span, and yield condition.
Do I use wl^2/8 for max moment...
Does anyone have experience calculating failure modes of CSP as a structural member? I'm using CSP to protect a watermain across a bridge with piers spaced 4m apart. I wish to verify deflection in that span, and yield condition.
Do I just use wl^2/8EI for max moment and l^3/48EI for deflection...