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Buried Pipeline
1 - Virtual anchor points, 2 - restrained section, 3 - unrestrained section
Bends and adjacent piping buried in stiff or consolidate soil. Axial displacements of the pipe are
zero.
Sections of aboveground piping on rigid supports. Axial displacements of the pipe are zero.
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In this case the axial stress and axial displacement diagram along the pipeline will be as follows:
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For more complex and more realis c Elas c-plas c soil model that is used in PASS/START-PROF pipe stress analysis
so ware the zero displacement (totally restrained) zones is absent:
Let’s assume that restrained zone begins when axial displacement is very small, for example 1% of maximum
displacement. Bypassing complex calcula ons the sliding zone length that is used in PASS/START-PROF so ware is:
Autodetect
Actually, division by restrained and unrestrained zones are conditional. For example if "x" is a very small
then pipe is "almost" restrained. There's no criteria how small should be "x" to consider the zone as
"restrained".
We add a special option in Project Settings called "Autodetect". It allows software to automatically
decide what strength criteria it should use for each pipe element - Restrained or Unrestrained.
Start will automatically use "restrained" equations for the pipe if following equation is truth:
,
where F - axial force in pipe, E - Young's modulus, SH - hoop stress, v - Poisson's ratio.
It means that start will consider N/Nmax>97.5% pipe as fully restrained and N/Nmax<97.5% as fully
unrestrained.
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Manual op on is not recommended because it seriously slows down the design process. Autodetect op on is not
recommended, because the strength criteria will be some mes too conserva ve and some mes less conserva ve for
par ally restrained pipes.
It is not best solution, because some points of "intermediate" zone of pipe can be overstressed SL>0.9Sy.
And for some parts of "intermediate" zone the strength criteria will be too conservative. The best and
universal solution is suggested below.
ASME B31.8, ASME B31.4, GB 50251-2015, GB 50253-2014 code has no strength criteria for
"Intermediate" zone. How to check it? Solution can be can be borrowed from Russian codes and design
experience GOST R 55596-2013, GOST 32388-2013, SNIP 2.05.06-85.
In real design prac ce the determina on where the restrained zones is consume a lot of me. For example on the
screenshot below the restrained zones of a very long gas pipeline are shown.
That’s why we decided to create universal strength criteria that automatically meets the B31.4 and B31.8
code strength requirements, but can be used for any type of piping. The problem is that ASME B31.4 and
B31.8 has unclear requirements for stress analysis.
ASME B31.4 code 402.6.2 requires that longitudinal stress in unrestrained pipe should be less than and for occasional
loads.
This requirement can be extended for all pipe condi ons, no ma er restrained or unrestrained, but for primary loads.
Longitudinal stress in any type of piping from sustained primary loads (weight and pressure) should be less than 0.75Sy:
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This requirement can also be extended for all pipe condi ons, but for primary and secondary loads ac ng
simultaneously (weight, pressure, and thermal expansion).
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We called these strength criteria "Start Smart Check". This option can be enabled in Project Settings. It
guarantee that original code strength criteria with manual division of the pipe to the restrained and
unrestrained zones will be met too. But if you enable "Start Smart Check" you can easily analyze any
complex pipeline/piping model in PASS/START-PROF without thinking about restrained and unrestrained
zones. This method is reliable and successfully used in Russian codes for buried pipelines of any complexity
since 1985. The same criteria was developed for ASME B31.8, GB 50251-2015, GB 50253-2014 codes by
PASS/START-PROF authors.
See Also
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Modeling Main Pipeline Stations, Bourdon Effect, Restrained and Unrestrained Pipes, Virtual Anchor Length
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