Thrust Restraint of Buried Pipelines Subjected to Internal Pressure, Thermal, and Earthquake Loads
Publication: Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
Volume 15, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper presents an analytical solution for thrust restraint analysis of buried pipelines subjected to internal pressures and thermal and earthquake loads. The proposed analytical solution is modified from the current approach, which does not include the effect of temperature or earthquake loads or the complexities of pipe–soil friction nonlinearities resulting from change in the direction of relative pipe-to-soil motions. The proposed analytical solution is validated using a finite-element model that accounts for longitudinal pipe-to-soil friction and soil stiffness against transverse movement of the pipe. This paper also includes two case studies using the approach presented in this paper: one is a steel pipeline with a 5.4-in. (0.137-m) diameter and a 45° bend in a nuclear facility subjected to high internal pressure and high temperature loading, and the other is a prestressed concrete cylinder pipe with a 72-in. (1.83-m) diameter and a 45° bend subjected to internal pressure and temperature and earthquake loads. Both case studies suggest that the demands on the pipe segments adjacent to the pipe bends are greater when we include temperature and earthquake loads. In addition, this paper also shows that the sequence of load application of temperature and earthquake loads may result in changes in the direction of friction along the length of the pipeline, which affect the internal forces in the pipeline. This paper presents a procedure for analysis of pipelines where a change of direction of friction is likely.
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Volume 15 • Issue 1 • February 2024
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Received: Feb 27, 2023
Accepted: Jul 17, 2023
Published online: Sep 19, 2023
Published in print: Feb 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Feb 19, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Buried pipes
- Concrete cylinder pipes
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamic loads
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Earthquakes
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Geohazards
- Geotechnical engineering
- Infrastructure
- Measurement (by type)
- Pipeline systems
- Pipes
- Pressure pipes
- Seismic loads
- Solid mechanics
- Steel pipes
- Stress (by type)
- Structural analysis
- Structural dynamics
- Structural engineering
- Temperature effects
- Temperature measurement
- Thermal loads
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