Instrumentation of Rebar for Use in the Structural Analysis of a Culvert and Data Reduction for a Pile Study

Authors

Paul W. Richards, Brigham Young University
Dr. Kyle M. Rollins, Brigham Young University

Keywords

instrumentation, rebar, structure analysis, culvert

College

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology

Department

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Abstract

Pheonix Gunite is an engineering firm responsible for the ongoing construction of several culverts (underground tunnels) in the Las Vegas area. These reinforced culverts serve a variety of purposes including pedestrian walkways and water transportation. My proposed project was to instrument the rebar going into one of these culverts and then obtain stress data while the completed culvert experienced a loading sequence. I then intended to reduce the data and use it to aid in optimizing the design of future culverts.

Recommended Citation

Richards, Paul W. and Rollins, Dr. Kyle M. (2013) "Instrumentation of Rebar for Use in the Structural Analysis of a Culvert and Data Reduction for a Pile Study," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 1864.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1864