Buried Pipelines Subject to Subgouge Deformations

• Published in: International journal of geomechanics Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 206 - 216
• Main Authors: Nobahar, Arash, Kenny, Shawn, Phillips, Ryan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Civil Engineers 01.05.2007
• Subjects: TECHNICAL PAPERS
• ISSN: 1532-3641; 1943-5622
• DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2007)7:3(206)

Engineers often model pipe/soil interaction events based on the concept of subgrade reactions originally proposed by Winkler. Engineering models often utilize beam and nonlinear/plastic spring elements to represent pipelines and the surrounding soil medium, respectively. The spring formulations, def...