Buried Pipe Affected by River Erosion When Crossing the Yangtze River
Publication: Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice
Volume 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Two river crossing cases are considered in which a pipe is installed beneath the Yangtze River using horizontal directional drilling (HDD). In both cases, a length of pipeline located on the rock strata near the north bank, including a local protrusion, is disrupted by river erosion. A three-dimensional (3D) model is developed to simulate the river erosion based on the finite-element software ABAQUS, which is capable of modeling the properties of the soil and pipelines, as well as their interaction. Results are presented based on an analysis of the stress concentration points at the ends of the rock protrusion, in the vicinity of the erosion. The effect on the pipelines is investigated as a function of the depth, extent, and location of the erosion. The resulting stress and displacement along the crown, spring, and invert lines of the pipelines are shown and compared to the function of the depth, extent, and location. And the stress concentration points occur at the location of rock protrusion and in the vicinity of the eroded soil.
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Acknowledgments
The authors greatly appreciate the cooperation of the HDD Crossing Branch Company of the China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau for providing the essential recorded field data, pictures, and profiles. The authors greatly acknowledge the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant number 51074144).
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Volume 6 • Issue 3 • August 2015
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Received: Aug 30, 2011
Accepted: Sep 25, 2012
Published online: Jan 14, 2014
Discussion open until: Jun 14, 2014
Published in print: Aug 1, 2015
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