Prediction Model for Failure Pressure of Large-Diameter Gas Pipelines at Different Temperatures
Publication: Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
Volume 15, Issue 2
Abstract
Long-distance gas pipelines in service inevitably are exposed to harsh conditions such as extreme temperature. It is also recognized that corrosion is one of most influential factors on the structural reliability and safety of pipelines, even coated pipelines. Therefore, there is an important need to investigate the temperature effect on the failure behaviors of gas pipelines with corrosion. In this study, a thermomechanically nonlinear finite-element model of a corroded gas pipeline with a polyethylene protective layer was established, in which a large diameter is considered for the long-distance gas pipeline. Thermal stresses obtained from cases with and without the protective layer were compared. Based on the stress-based failure criterion, the failure pressure values of corroded pipeline at different temperatures were obtained, and the deformation and strain of the corroded pipeline were evaluated. The random forest algorithm was adopted to analyze the parametric sensitivity of failure pressure. Taking temperature into account, an estimation model for predicting the failure pressure of corroded pipelines is proposed using the nonlinear least-squares method, which could be useful for performing a preliminary assessment of the failure pressure of long-distance gas pipelines in practice.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work was financially supported by the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (Project no. KJCXZD2020002), the Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University (Project no. LNTCCMA-20210111), and the State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and astronautics) (Grant no. MCMS-E-0123G02).
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Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
Volume 15 • Issue 2 • May 2024
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Received: May 28, 2023
Accepted: Dec 18, 2023
Published online: Mar 11, 2024
Published in print: May 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Aug 11, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Analysis (by type)
- Corrosion
- Deterioration
- Energy infrastructure
- Engineering fundamentals
- Failure analysis
- Gas pipelines
- Infrastructure
- Lifeline systems
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Measurement (by type)
- Nonlinear finite element analysis
- Pipe failures
- Pipeline management
- Pipeline systems
- Pipes
- Pressure pipes
- Temperature effects
- Temperature measurement
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