Pipeline response to permanent ground deformation: A benchmark case
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States). Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Permanent ground deformation on Balboa Blvd. and McLennon Ave. during the 1994 Northridge earthquake affected four gas transmission, one oil transmission, and two water trunk pipelines. Deformation occurred as sliding of a relatively coherent soil mass parallel to the longitudinal axes of the pipelines, rupturing three lines and leaving the other four undamaged. Relevant pipe, soil, and geometric conditions are reported in this paper. Analytical results from sliding block models of soil-pipeline interaction are compared with observed pipeline performance. The analytical results compare favorably with field performance, and thus provide a benchmark case history from which design and siting decisions can be made for pipelines under similar conditions of ground deformation.
- OSTI ID:
- 403445
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9508226-; ISBN 0-7844-0101-2; TRN: IM9651%%480
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. U.S. conference on lifeline earthquake engineering, San Francisco, CA (United States), 10-12 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Lifeline earthquake engineering: Proceedings of the fourth U.S. conference; O`Rourke, M.J. [ed.]; PB: 823 p.; Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, Monograph number 6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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