Seismic analysis and design of buried pipelines for fault movement
Lifelines, such as gas and oil transmission lines and water and sewer pipelines have been damaged heavily in recent earthquakes. The damages of these lifelines have caused major, catastrophic disruption of essential service to human needs. Large abrupt differential ground movements resulted at an active fault present one of the most severe earthquake effects on a buried pipeline system. Although simplified analysis procedures for buried pipelines across strike-slip fault zones causing tensive failure of the pipeline (called tensile strike-slip fault) have been proposed, the results are not accurate enough because of several assumptions involved. Furthermore, several other important failure mechanisms and parameters have not been investigated. This paper is to present the analysis procedures and results for buried pipeline subjected to tensile strike-slip fault after modifying some of the assumptions used previously. Based on the analysis results, this paper also discusses the design criteria for buried pipelines subjected to various fault movements.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
- OSTI ID:
- 6311980
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-840647-
- Journal Information:
- Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States), Journal Name: Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States) Vol. 84-PVP-67; ISSN ASMSA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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