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Project Number 414
Date of Summary December  06, 2004
Subject 3D Finite Element Analysis of Pipe/Soil Interaction
Performing Activity C-Core
Principal Investigator Dr. Radu Popescu
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completion Completed
Description This Joint Industry Project (JIP) investigated how the soil that exists around buried pipelines interacts with the pipe when under some type of motion or force. The results from this work will be used in all three MMS regions and allow for better understanding on how soil forces act on the pipeline.
Reports
AA 3D Finite Element Analysis of Pipe/Soil Interaction, Final Report, prepared  by
C-CORE, Report Number 01-C8, May 2001. (Proprietary Report)
AB PDF (3.6Mb) 3D Finite Element Analysis of Pipe-Soil Interaction – Effects of Groundwater Final Report, prepared by C-CORE, Report R-02-029-076, February 2003
 


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