Response of Buried Pipes to Unsaturated Soil Conditions
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Abstract
Underground pipelines are vital infrastructure and are mostly used to transport energy and other essential commodities. These pipelines are generally buried within the top layer of soil deposits and are, therefore, highly affected by different environmental conditions applied on the ground's surface. These environmental conditions may include seasonal climate changes (i.e. wetting and drying cycles), park watering, or any substantial water leakage. These changes result in variations in soil moisture content which, in return, may cause extensive soil movements. Additional stresses and deformations can be developed on the buried pipelines as a result of differential soil movements. An understanding of the response of buried pipes to surrounding unsaturated soil conditions can be useful for establishing modified design practices and maintenance. This paper presents the results of a soil-pipe interaction model that considered the effect of variation in soil moisture on the deformation of buried pipelines. This model implemented the soil-structure interaction relationships for unsaturated soils by using a general purpose partial differential equation solver named FlexPDE (PDE solutions Inc). Unsaturated soil suction stresses and the relative vapour pressures of the soil structure were estimated based on unsaturated soil characteristics and then used as an input for the model. The results of the modelling analysis showed a significant influence of the change in soil suction on the displacements of underground pipelines.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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