The objective of this paper is to derive analytical solutions for the indentation, buckle propagation, and fracture of a plastically deforming pipeline. Rigid-plastic approximations are used to find the plastic deformation of a collapsed pipeline. Circumferential bending and longitudinal stretching are the only two dominant load resisting mechanisms considered in evaluating the rate of plastic work dissipation. The load-deformation response of the pipeline is characterized by a bending term which is independent of the deformation and a membrane term which increases linearly with pipeline deformation. It is shown that very long pipelines are susceptible to buckling, while longitudinal stretching resistance stabilizes plastic collapse in short pipelines. A closed-form solution for the steady-state buckle propagation pressure of an infinitely long pipeline is derived from the model. Analytical predictions of the propagation pressure are within 5% of the experimental data. The plastic work due to longitudinal stretching accounts for 20-30% of the propagation pressure, and the present model is an improvement of previous approximations which ignored longitudinal stretching. Finally, approximations of the maximum strains are made from the deformation field and a fracture criterion based on a critical rupture strain is used to predict fracture of a steel pipeline.


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    Title :

    Plastic failure of pipelines


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    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 12 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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