Frequent road collapses in Guangzhou, China, have been linked to disjoints in underground drainage pipes. Clarifying the mechanical behavior of disjointed pipes under complex service conditions is of critical significance for targeted rehabilitation. This study focuses on concrete drainage pipes during the initial stage of disjoint, wherein significant erosion of the surrounding soil has not yet developed. The combined effects of traffic loads and groundwater level fluctuations were considered. Full-scale model box tests and 3D refined numerical simulations were conducted to systematically investigate the influence of disjoint on the mechanical behavior of the concrete pipe. Further parametric analyses were conducted to examine the effects of traffic load magnitude, soil cover depth, groundwater level, pipe diameter, and dislocation length on the hoop bending moments at the bell and spigot. The results demonstrate that disjointing induces stress concentration at the bell and spigot joints, with the maximum vertical displacement and hoop bending moment increasing by 12 % and 837 % compared to intact pipes. Increases in traffic load from 0.5 to 1.0 MPa and pipe diameters from 400 to 600 mm significantly amplify the hoop bending moments at both the bell and spigot joints. In contrast, greater soil cover depth and elevated groundwater levels substantially mitigate these moments. Disjoint length has a nonlinear influence, with bell moment peaking and then declining, while the spigot moment continues to rise, reaching a 135 % increase.
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