The Finite Element Analysis on the Submarine Pipeline under the Seismic Loading

Abstract:

Seismic loading is one of the most important factors of submarine pipeline damage, so the research on submarine pipeline failure mechanism is still lifeline engineering frontier topics. According to Biot consolidation theory, considering the interaction of submarine pipelines with the soil medium under earthquake action, the model of the seabed-pipeline interaction is established. The influences of wall thickness, radius and cover layer thickness on submarine pipeline strain response are studied under El Centro seismic wave based on this model. The calculating results show that effective stress and axial strain of the submarine pipeline increases with wall thickness, radius and cover layer thickness increasing.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 490-495)
• Pages: 2977-2981
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.490-495.2977
• Online since: March 2012
• Authors: Yi Fei Yan, Lu Feng Cheng
• Keywords: Finite Element Method (FEM), Numerical Simulation, Seismic Loading, Submarine Pipeline

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