Brief Description of Selective Study Case No. 2:
Uusing Structural Epoxy and High Strength Carbon Reinforced Polymer for Structurally Robust Long Term Useful Operational Life.
Asset Owner: University of Tennessee. The buried Non-Structural Shotcrete Stormwater Piping System segment was located about 60 feet below ground of 100+ years old Neyland Stadium, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The newly Engineered Protective and Structural Composite Piping System provides full structural integrity plus additional benefits (but not limiting to):
a. Able to withstand all the applicable structural design basis loads of soil and hydro loads.
b. High strength Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer provides a more robust long-term operating life by protecting the
new composite pipe with resistance to creep rupture and fatigue failure.
c. A durable barrier against potential Inflow / Infiltration (I/I) of groundwater and stormwater.
d. Flow capacity increase due to Warren Epoxy’s Low Coefficient Of Roughness (COF) Vs. Shotcrete’s High COF.