Effects of Loading Wave Velocity on Various Behaviors of Underground Structures (Pipes)

Olarewaju, A.J. (2019) Effects of Loading Wave Velocity on Various Behaviors of Underground Structures (Pipes). International Journal of Applied Geophysics and Computational Fluid Mechanics, IJAGCFM, 1 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2550-7222

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Abstract

Behavior of underground pipes due to underground accidental explosion was studied using finite element based numerical code, ABAQUS. Using numerical method, the values of the loading wave velocities, Cp (m/s) were estimated and the ground movement parameters were used to study the behaviors of modeled steel and concrete pipes buried in loose sand, dense sand and undrained clay. The boundary condition of the model is either fixed or roller. Raleigh damping is meant to reflect physical damping in the actual material. Contrary to our usual engineering intuition, introducing damping to the solution reduces the stable time increment. A small amount of numerical damping is introduced in the form of bulk viscosity to control high frequency oscillations. For the elastic, homogeneous and isotropic materials considered, the values of Young’s modulus, E, Poisson’s ratio, υ and densities of steel, concrete, loose sand, dense sand and undrained clay as revealed by several researchers and pipe manufacturers were used to observed the behavior of underground pipes due to loads from underground accidental explosion and parameters varied. Time integration technique of finite difference and finite element in ABAQUS/Explicit numerical code was used to solve the governing dynamic equation of motion. From the results,, for a given loading wave velocity, displacement in pipes is almost constant at all embedment ratios considered irrespective of the material properties. Irrespective of the ground media, as the seismic velocity increases, displacement increases linearly and for low stiffness pipes buried at low depth of burial, especially in undrained clay soil, there is need for explosion resistance evaluation

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Accidental, Explosions, Buried, Underground, Parametric
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment
Depositing User:	Joy Oluwabukola Olayiwola
Date Deposited:	28 May 2021 08:58
Last Modified:	28 May 2021 08:58
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1361

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