Culvert distress and failure case histories and trenchless technology. A peer-reviewed publication of the Transportation Research Board TRB.

The 10 papers in this volume are presented in two groups. The first eight papers relate to culvert distress and failures, whereas the last two papers relate to trenchless technology. The first group of papers presents information on structural distress or failures of in-service culverts. The papers describe failure mechanisms of culvert pipe materials that were identified from laboratory investigations. The second group introduces the transportation industry to the existing and developing techniques for trenchless installation of utility systems. These papers provide information on performance evaluations that are based on case histories.