Comparison of the impacts of harmonic and seismic waves on an underground pipeline during the Gazli earthquake

Abstract

Abstract The paper considers a class of problems of the dynamics of spatial systems of underground pipelines under the action of three-component seismic waves propagating in soil based on instrumental records of real earthquakes. A comparison was made of the impacts of harmonic and seismic waves on an underground pipeline during the Gazli earthquake. A graphical method for determining the dominant period to be used in calculations for harmonic impact was given.