Dynamic response model and equivalent solution method of large-diameter buried energy transportation pipeline under moving load

Abstract

Long-distance energy pipeline pass under roads, subjecting them to repeated stress and posing pipeline safety problems. To simulate the effects of vehicles driving over energy transmission pipeline, this paper examines large-caliber buried pipelines in the suburbs. In this study, a mechanical action model of vehicle-soil-pipeline (VSP) interactions to transform the process of a vehicle driving into the dynamic process of a load changing with time in the specified area was created. The VSP model was used to analyze the influence of moving load and position on the structural characteristics of the pipeline section. An equivalent solution method with high precision and high calculation efficiency was proposed. The results showed that as the loading position approaches the pipeline or the load increases, the stress value at the top of the pipeline gradually exceeded the stress value at the bottom of the pipeline and became the area with the maximum stress value. The minimum stress location also changed from the lower half near the pipeline bottom (Point D-135°) to the upper half near the pipeline top (Point B-45°or Point H-315°). Using the polynomial fitting method, the stress values of the maximum points were equivalently converted. Under the premise of considering pipeline safety, the most suitable functional relationship for the moving load equivalent model was obtained.