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Citation

Liao Y, Liu C, Wang T, Xu T, Zhang J, Ge L. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Pt. C J. Mechan. Eng. Sci. 2021; 235(23): 6752-6766.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/09544062211017161

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Landslide is the main factor threatening the operation safety of long-distance gas pipeline, and the internal corrosion of pipeline will also seriously affect its reliability. Using LS-DYNA software, considering the interaction between pipeline and soil, a model of pipeline with defects crossing landslide is established based on the coupling of smoothed particle hydrodynamics and finite element method (SPH-FEM). The effect of the depth, number and spacing of pipeline defects and gas pressure on the mechanical behavior of pipeline is analyzed. The results show that the corrosion defects and gas pressure have little effect on the deformation of the pipeline. It is also found that when the gas pressure of the pipeline increases gradually from zero, the residual strength of the pipeline has a maximum value. Additionally, for the single corrosion defect, the maximum plastic deformation appears in the center of the corrosion defect, but for the double corrosion defect, it appears in junction of the corrosion defects. Furthermore, with the increase of landslide displacement, the plastic strain zone gradually extends along the circumference of the pipeline in these two kinds of defective pipelines. At the same time, the interaction between adjacent corrosion defects is found. The interaction is related to the defect spacing: within a certain range, the interaction increases with the increase of the defect spacing, the maximum equivalent stress appears at the junction of defects, and the stress concentration area expands along the circumferential direction. With the further increase of the spacing, the interaction disappears. © IMechE 2021.

Keywords: Pipeline transportation


Language: en

Keywords

Landslides; Defects; Pipelines; Gases; Safety factor; Plastic deformation; Hydrodynamics; Internal corrosion; Pressure effects

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