Buried Pipe Life Prediction in Sewage Type Environments

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dc.contributor.authorBodin, Jean-Matthieu Marie Jacques Sebastienen
dc.contributor.committeechairCase, Scott W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHyer, Michael W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberReifsnider, Kenneth L.en
dc.contributor.departmentEngineering Mechanicsen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-06T14:47:03Zen
dc.date.adate1998-08-21en
dc.date.available2011-08-06T14:47:03Zen
dc.date.issued1999-02-06en
dc.date.rdate1999-08-21en
dc.date.sdate1998-08-18en
dc.description.abstractIn this study, we develop a method of life prediction of buried pipe using the concepts of a characteristic damage state and damage accumulation. A stress analysis corresponding to the different types of load during service with environmental effects, a moisture diffusion model, and a lifetime prediction analysis combining the above models has been constructed. The model uses an elasticity solution for axial-symmetric loading in the case of pressurized pipe, and an approximate non-linear solution for transverse loading due to soil pressure in the case of buried pipe. The axial-symmetric stress analysis has been constructed taking into account the moisture content and the temperature of each ply of the laminate. The moisture diffusion model takes into account the geometry of the laminate, the different diffusivity coefficients in each ply, and also the geometric changes due to ply failure. The failure mode and material behavior of the pipe has been investigated and identified according to Owens Corning data. Thus, the code that has been developed allows one to predict the time to failure of Owens Corning industrial pipes under any time-dependent profile of environmental and loading conditions.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.otheretd-72198-94656en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-72198-94656en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/9738en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartthesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectComposite Pipeen
dc.subjectDamage Accumulationen
dc.subjectLife Predictionen
dc.titleBuried Pipe Life Prediction in Sewage Type Environmentsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering Mechanicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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