TC On Thrust Restraint Design For Buried Pipelines

Purpose: Currently, there is no consensus on an appropriate design approach for the design of thrust restraint systems in buried pipelines. The design approaches given in AWWA guidelines differ amongst pipe materials. The design practices widely vary based on company specific best practice approaches, creating confusion. The purpose of this task committee is to prepare a white paper documenting current design practices of thrust restraint systems for various pipe materials, theoretical background, historical evolution of the approaches and field testing; explore improvements to current practice; and propose recommendations, as a basis for future development of a manual of practice.

Committee Members

K. Sri Rajah, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Secretary

Stephen Frost Shumaker, P.E., M.ASCE
Chair

Henry Bardakjian, P.E., M.ASCE
Vice-Chair

Benjamin Adams, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Samir Akram Arnaout, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Keith R. Bushdiecker, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Robert Card
Member

Randall Clayton Conner, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Allen Hobert Cox, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Craig Allen Fisher, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Michael A Fleury, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Randall C. Hill, P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE
Member

Brent Dale Keil, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

John Lee Luka, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

David L McPherson, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Antonio Miglio, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Member

Richard Ivan Mueller, P.E., F.ASCE
Member

Souheil N Nasr, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Alfred Navato, P.E., S.M.ASCE
Member

Jay Parvez, A.M.ASCE
Member

Camille George Rubeiz, P.E., F.ASCE
Member

George Frederick Ruchti, Jr, M.ASCE
Member

Ranjan Satyamurthy, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Walter W Schwarz, P.E., F.ASCE
Member

Russell Snow, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Richard Charles Turkopp, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Robert Walker, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

William Robert Whidden, P.E., M.ASCE
Member

Mike Whitehouse, Aff.M.ASCE
Member