Concrete Pipe & Box Culvert Installation - Shaw Precast Solutions

ial formed into a defined cross section that isapplied to the surface of a pipe, box section, ormanhole section joint, intended to control themovement of fluids or solids through the joint.Reinforced Concrete Pipe: a pipe structure comprisedof concrete and steel reinforcement.Such reinforcement is comprised of steel wire,welded wire fabric, or bars, of known strength,formed into a cage and positioned in the concretewall in a specific location in such a mannerthat the two materials act together to resiststresses.Reinforcement: steel in the form of wire, weldedwire fabric, or bars embedded in concrete insuch a manner that the above referenced concreteand steel act together to resist stresses.Resilient Connector: a flexible connection for joiningpipe to structures capable of being deformedand deflected without rupture or leakage.Rubber Gasket: rubber formed and used as a sealin concrete pipe joints.Spigot: that portion of the end of the pipe, regardlessof its shape or dimensions, which is overlappedby a portion of the end of the adjoiningpipe.Springline: the points on the internal surface of thetransverse cross section of a pipe intersectedby the line of maximum horizontal dimension;or in box sections, the mid-height of the internalvertical wall.Watertight: will restrain the passage of water to notexceed a specified limit.American Concrete Pipe Association • www.concrete-pipe.org 89