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CSP as a structural member

Thread starter rsmathew
Start date Jun 22, 2006

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Jun 22, 2006

rsmathew

Civil/Environmental

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? How do I get my ultimate values?

Thanks,
Stan