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Author : Chan, P.D.S.
Date : 2000.
Title : Soil-pipeline interaction in slopes.
Publication : Unpublished M.Sc. thesis. University of Calgary, Calgary.
Issue :
Page(s) : 178 p.
Abstract
Good engineering requires that economic designs be provided at acceptable levels of safety. This usually means predicting the system performance for which there exists little or no previous experience. The problem is often compounded by the variability of the raw data, on which the risk analysis is based. In Canada, buried pipelines are used for economical transport of oil and natural gas. Due to circumstances such as difficult terrain, the pipelines sometimes may be constructed in unstable slopes. In such situation, the owner of the pipeline has an intrinsic interest in guaranteeing that his or her pipeline would not rupture or break due to unstable soil movements. In this research, analytical and numerical solutions have been derived to determine the deflection profile of a buried pipeline in a slope subjected to a longitudinal, transverse and deep seated failure. Application of statistical analysis on the relationships between the soil movement and the pipe deformation strain allows one to assess the risk of pipeline rupture with a given soil movement.
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