Pipelines 2020
Ground Displacements and Pulling Forces of Pipe-Swallowing in Well-Graded Sand
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ABSTRACT
Pipe bursting is a trenchless replacement method for existing pipe with less surface disturbance than traditional open-cut construction. In some instances, potential ground movements caused by pipe bursting construction may lead to damage of surrounding structures. Pipe-swallowing is a pipe replacement technique that involves the replacement of a buried pipe with minimal surface disturbances. An experiment was performed in a 3.0 × 1.8 × 1.5 m test box to quantify ground movements during pipe-swallowing. An existing 300 mm diameter high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe was buried 1 m below the ground surface and replaced with a 300 mm diameter HDPE pipe. Pulling forces and the three-dimensional surface displacements associated with the pipe-swallowing operation were investigated. It is concluded that the pulling forces associated with pipe-swallowing were higher than with pipe-bursting, and almost no vertical or transverse displacements of the ground surface were observed during the tests. These data can be used as a database for specialists applying their operation in the field and related research into ground disturbance during pipe-swallowing.
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Pipelines 2020
Pages: 420 - 426
Editors: J. Felipe Pulido, OBG, Part of Ramboll and Mark Poppe, Brown and Caldwell
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8320-6
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© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Aug 6, 2020
Published in print: Aug 6, 2020
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