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t
=
where
s
and
w
are densities of steel pipe and seawater
respectively,
o
D is outer diameter of pipe,
i
D is internal
diameter of pipe, L is length of pipeline and g is acceleration
due to gravity
Traditionally, the frictional resistance must be greater than
the total horizontal force (
T
F ) for the pipeline to be stable
([2]; [12]). That is
( )
1 >
T
L S
F
F W
(2)
R F H
F F F + = (3)
where
H
F is total lateral soil resistance,
F
F is sliding
resistance and
R
F is lateral soil passive resistance
Equation (3) becomes
( ) A F W F
L S H
| + = for sand
(4)
( )
D
cA
F W F
L S H
|
+ = for clay (5)
where | is empirical soil passive resistance coefficient, it is
a function of the pipe displacement and the lateral loading
history, is effective buoyant unit weight of sand, A is
one half the area of a vertical cross section of the soil
displaced by the pipe during the penetration and oscillations,
c is remoulded undrained shear strength for clay and D is
pipe diameter
( )
2
3
2
3
2
|
.
|
\
|
+ =
D
H
D F W F
U
L S H
| for
D H
U
s s 0 for sand (6)
( ) |
.
|
\
|
+ =
D
H
cD F W F
U
L S H
| for D H
U
s s 0
for clay (7)
where
U
H height of soil ridge [13]
Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2010 Vol II
WCE 2010, June 30 - July 2, 2010, London, U.K.
ISBN: 978-988-18210-7-2
ISSN: 2078-0958 (Print); ISSN: 2078-0966 (Online)
WCE 2010