Effects of Crossing Angle on the Behavior of Buried Steel Pipelines Crossing Fault

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Effects of Crossing Angle on the Behavior of Buried Steel Pipelines Crossing Fault

Hassani, Nemat / Shadab Far, Mahdi / Kordestani, Hadi

One of the most important factors that may cause a buried steel pipeline to reach the failure limit is the permanent ground displacement. In this paper, assuming SHELL element for pipeline and SOLID element for soil and also considering the interaction of pipe-soil, analysis of buried pipelines crossing fault and parametric study of pipeline behavior were performed. The results of this study show that the behavior of buried pipelines crossing fault is not sensitive to the pipe-fault crossing angle. The main reason for this is the immense strain of the pipe due to the section deformation and local buckling of the pipe body that is caused by the permanent ground displacement. The strain from this phenomenon is so great that the pipe-fault crossing angle cannot have much effect on it. The research also shows that it is better to consider pipe bending than dealing with the pipe-fault crossing angle, because it is a more important parameter in the behavior of buried pipelines crossing faults, and it has a meaningful relationship with the reached maximum strain in the pipeline.