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Advanced Soil Pipe Interaction Research

Professor Dharma Wijewickreme


Department of Civil Engineering
University of British Columbia
Presented by: Jeremy Groves

Presentation Agenda

Discuss the need to study soil-pipeline interaction,


Provide an overview of the ASPIReTM program and
testing facility at UBC,
Look at our current research on the topic of field
monitoring of buried polyethylene natural gas
pipelines subjected to ground movement.

What are pipelines?


Linear structures spanning over long distances,
Variability in soils and groundwater,
Variability of exposure to hazards,
Crossing of environmentally sensitive zones,
Cost effectiveness (e.g. optimize pipe size, material type),
Specific chemical properties of transported liquids/gas.

EVER INCREASING DEMAND TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT


PIPELINES WITH REDUCED RISK OF FAILURE!

Problem for pipeline safety & integrity

Disruption due to landslides, earthquake-induced liquefaction,


stress/stretch corrosion cracking and general loss of integrity
can have significant impact on performance,
Some quantified risk:
The average costs from significant pipeline damage due to
geotechnical incidents over the past 10 years >$400M/year (twice
that of damage from other hazards).
-US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

BCs approx. 40,000 km of pipelines.

Geotechnical hazards to buried pipelines


Earth fault movements

Slow moving landslides

Rapid landslides

Liquefaction-induced ground
movements

Specific challenges faced by geotechnical engineers

Impact of soil forces on buried pipelines (landslides,


earthquake-induced ground movements),
Permanent relative ground deformations are the key concern in relation to
the performance of buried pipelines.

Need to minimize soil loads on buried pipelines,


Isolate from hazards,
Tolerate soil loads from the hazards,
Eliminate the hazard.

The key to all of this is to understand the soil-pipeline


interaction.

Importance of soil-pipeline interaction

Performance and integrity of pipe


under relative movements between
pipe and ground (e.g., landslides,
earthquakes, pipe thermal
movements),

Predict contact pressure around


the pipe, loads/strains on the pipe.
Wijewickreme et al. (2009)

General problem

One of the key purposes of our research is to help develop guidelines


and criteria to determine the amount of ground displacement
associated with the safe operational limits of buried pipelines.

Dual actuator-system for lateral pullout

Physical Model Testing at UBC ASPIReTM

Field monitoring of buried polyethylene natural gas pipelines


subjected to ground movement

12 year long collaboration with Fortis BC pipeline integrity engineers,


Previously two M.A.Sc. and one Ph.D. have studied on this topic,
Developed a new analytical model to account for the soil-pipe
interaction mechanisms in buried MDPE pipes,
Used to estimate relative ground surface movements needed for
pipe failure.
Purpose of the current work is to provide a reliable database of
ground movement and associated pipe strain data to further validate
the new closed form solution.

Field monitoring of buried polyethylene natural gas pipelines


subjected to ground movement

Field monitoring of buried polyethylene natural gas pipelines


subjected to ground movement

Field monitoring of buried polyethylene natural gas pipelines


subjected to ground movement

Field monitoring of buried polyethylene natural gas pipelines


subjected to ground movement

Field monitoring of buried polyethylene natural gas pipelines


subjected to ground movement

Chilliwack slope movements since initial monitoring


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Advanced Soil Pipe Interaction Research

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