The Cosgrove Intake pipeline, a 144 in. dia. prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP), at MWRA’s Walnut Hill Water Treatment Plant Project was completed in early 2004 as a part of the water supply system for the City of Boston. Less than a...
The Greybull Water Transmission Pipeline is the only pipeline that carries treated water for the town of Greybull. The 16.5 mile pipeline was constructed in 1960s and 1970s with 12 in. and 14 in. dia. asbestos cement (AC) pipes. SGH performed a...
As part of an effort to eliminate open distribution storage reservoirs, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority sought to construct two covered drinking water storage tanks. The Blue Hills Covered Storage Project involved the construction of two...
Arizona Public Service Company (APS) chose SGH to perform a condition assessment and develop repairs for the circulating water pipelines at the Cholla Power Plant. The coal-fired power plant, co-owned and operated by APS, has four units, three of...
DN Tanks (formerly Natgun) designs and constructs prestressed concrete liquid storage tanks. The tanks are American Water Works Association (AWWA) D110 prestressed wire-wound concrete tanks that incorporate precast concrete panels. SGH developed...
Bounded on three sides by rivers and creeks, the City of Columbus faced the potential of major flooding. Foley Products Company asked SGH to design precast concrete box culverts for stormwater management. The city’s long-term drainage plan...
Prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) have been used for water transmission systems for more than sixty-five years. Therefore, utilities need effective means to identify distressed or deteriorated pipe, estimate levels of distress, analyze...
Prestressed-concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) makes up a significant portion of pipelines for the world's water, wastewater, and cooling water systems. Distress to PCCP can include broken wires, cracked core, or corroded steel cylinder. Renewal of...
The tank, classified as an American Water Works Association (AWWA) D-110 Type I tank, is a strand-wound circular, prestressed concrete water tank with cast-in-place concrete tank walls clad in shotcrete. DN Tanks wanted to evaluate if the...
StormTech manufactures underground molded polypropylene chambers for stormwater retention systems. With no design standards available for these structures, StormTech asked SGH to assess the structural performance of the chambers and develop...
Similar article presented at the 22nd International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology 18-23 August, San Francisco, California, USA - Fitness-for-Service of Corroding Metal Pipelines
The purpose of the study reported herein is to develop the requirements on materials, design, and installation of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) renewal and strengthening of distressed prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP);...
Abstract: Use of underground stormwater collection systems has increased in recent years because of regulatory mandates to retain, recharge, and/or reuse stormwater onsite. Because of advantages in economics and constructability, the stormwater...
By: Mehdi Zarghamee, Michael McReynolds, Bill Sleeper, Anna Pridmore
Abstract: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) was one of the first agencies to adopt the use of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) as a method to repair distressed Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP) starting in the...
Abstract: Effective asset management requires that utilities allocate scarce resources to high risk sections of their pipeline system while maintaining an acceptable level of risk throughout the system.|This asset management approach requires the...
Abstract: A pushover analysis of an existing hollow cylindrical pedestal of a concrete elevated water storage tank is presented. The analysis is based on the three-stress-invariant cap model incorporated in LS-DYNA. The computed results include...
By: Brent Bass, McGrath, Timothy J., Vanhoose, Bill
Abstract: Corrugated polypropylene storm sewer pipe has been available on the U.S. market since 2007. The manufacturing process and structural design are similar to the more widely used high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe; however,...
Abstract: A directional driller punctured a buried 48 in. diameter potable water prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP). The pipeline is part of the City of Columbus (OH) Division of Power and Water system which supplies water to 1.1 million...
Abstract: Since its formation in 1951, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) has been charged with developing a reliable water supply source for its 13 member cities and 46 other customers (some direct and some indirect), including...
Abstract: Design of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) repairs for pipes near bends requires consideration of longitudinal stresses resulting from hydraulic thrust-induced axial forces and bending moments, temperature changes, and Poisson...