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Axial soil stiffness for deepwater pipeline walking analysis

Axial soil stiffness for deepwater pipeline walking analysis
Axial soil stiffness for deepwater pipeline walking analysis
Deepwater pipeline global walking refers to the phenomenon that a pipeline, subjected to multiple start-up/shut-in thermal and pressure cycles, gradually moves toward one direction (usually the same to the flow direction). The fundamental mechanism of walking is rather complex and is affected not only by the thermal/pressure loading and pipeline structural behavior (e.g., lateral buckling), but also by the pipeline-soil interaction (PSI) which varies both spatially and temporally. The complex nature of walking makes the prediction of pipeline walking a challenging task, and the prevention of pipeline walking, which may be unnecessary, requires significant financial budget and increased risk exposure from offshore installations. Therefore, the motivation of this paper is to offer insights into PSI to help the engineering design of pipeline walking. The objectives of the paper are to re-visit the axial soil stiffness model (characterized by the axial mobilization displacement) recommended
in the SAFEBUCK guideline and to propose a new model for the axial mobilization displacement for walking analysis. The recommended mobilization displacement is based on a simple energy method and is calibrated with a PSI analytical model, SAFEBUCK JIP model tests, in-house proprietary tests, and test results available in the literature.
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Chen, Jinbo, White, David, Hadley, Chris, Ouyang, Kevin, Newlin, Jason, Hu, Shuang, Bruton, David and Luo, Meng (2020) Axial soil stiffness for deepwater pipeline walking analysis. Westgate, Zack (ed.) In Proceedings 4th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics. vol. 1069, Deep Foundations Institute..

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Deepwater pipeline global walking refers to the phenomenon that a pipeline, subjected to multiple start-up/shut-in thermal and pressure cycles, gradually moves toward one direction (usually the same to the flow direction). The fundamental mechanism of walking is rather complex and is affected not only by the thermal/pressure loading and pipeline structural behavior (e.g., lateral buckling), but also by the pipeline-soil interaction (PSI) which varies both spatially and temporally. The complex nature of walking makes the prediction of pipeline walking a challenging task, and the prevention of pipeline walking, which may be unnecessary, requires significant financial budget and increased risk exposure from offshore installations. Therefore, the motivation of this paper is to offer insights into PSI to help the engineering design of pipeline walking. The objectives of the paper are to re-visit the axial soil stiffness model (characterized by the axial mobilization displacement) recommended
in the SAFEBUCK guideline and to propose a new model for the axial mobilization displacement for walking analysis. The recommended mobilization displacement is based on a simple energy method and is calibrated with a PSI analytical model, SAFEBUCK JIP model tests, in-house proprietary tests, and test results available in the literature.

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Published date: 16 August 2020

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/449456
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Date deposited: 02 Jun 2021 16:30
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Author: Jinbo Chen
Author: David White ORCID iD
Author: Chris Hadley
Author: Kevin Ouyang
Author: Jason Newlin
Author: Shuang Hu
Author: David Bruton
Author: Meng Luo
Editor: Zack Westgate

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