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A Decoupled Buckling Failure Analysis of Buried Steel Pipeline Subjected to the Strike-Slip Fault
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Mozhgan Asgarihajifirouz
Mozhgan Asgarihajifirouz ,
Xiaoyu Dong
Xiaoyu Dong and
Hodjat Shiri
Hodjat Shiri *
Department of Civil Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
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J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(8), 1243; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12081243 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 15 May 2024
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Revised: 15 July 2024
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Accepted: 17 July 2024
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Published: 23 July 2024
Abstract
Over the past few years, there has been an increased focus on offshore pipeline safety due to the development of offshore oil and gas resources. Both onshore and offshore pipelines may face significant geological hazards resulting from active faults. Pre-excavated soil can be used as backfill for trenches to prevent major pipeline deformations. Since these backfill materials have been heavily remolded, they are softer than the native soil. Therefore, the difference in shear strength between the backfill and native ground may have an effect on the interaction between the pipeline and the backfill. In this paper, the pipeline–backfill–trench interaction is investigated using a hybrid beam–spring model. The P-Y curves obtained from CEL analysis are incorporated into a 3D beam–spring model to analyze the pipeline’s response to lateral strike-slip faults. Additionally, the nonlinearity of pipeline materials is considered to study pipeline failure modes under strike-slip fault movements. A series of parametric studies were conducted to explore the effects of fault intersection angle, pipe diameter, buried depth of the pipe, and soil conditions on the failure modes of buckling pipelines. The developed method can be used to analyze and assess pipeline–backfill–trench interaction when subjected to strike-slip fault displacements.
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Asgarihajifirouz, M.; Dong, X.; Shiri, H.
A Decoupled Buckling Failure Analysis of Buried Steel Pipeline Subjected to the Strike-Slip Fault. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12, 1243.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12081243
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Asgarihajifirouz M, Dong X, Shiri H.
A Decoupled Buckling Failure Analysis of Buried Steel Pipeline Subjected to the Strike-Slip Fault. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2024; 12(8):1243.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12081243
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Asgarihajifirouz, Mozhgan, Xiaoyu Dong, and Hodjat Shiri.
2024. "A Decoupled Buckling Failure Analysis of Buried Steel Pipeline Subjected to the Strike-Slip Fault" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12, no. 8: 1243.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12081243
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