Analysis of the Dynamic Response of Oil and Gas Long-Distance Pipelines Under Multipoint Excitation of Different Seismic Intensities

Abstract

In this study, a pipe-soil finite element analysis model was built using the shaking table test results of buried pipelines that were achieved through longitudinal multipoint excitation and multipoint excitation under different seismic intensities, so as to numerically simulate the seismic response of buried pipelines under longitudinal multipoint excitation and multipoint excitation under different seismic intensities. As indicated by the result of this study, the numerical calculations and the shaking table test findings in terms of long-distance oil and gas pipelines under longitudinal multipoint stimulation were well consistent, such that the validity of both sets of results was verified. The peak pipe stresses during the multipoint excitation under different seismic intensities declined by 13.8% to 30.9% compared with case 2 longitudinal multipoint stimulation. The acceleration of the pipe and the soil was reduced rapidly as the measuring point moved farther away from the pipe’s leftmost distance. The displacement variation of the oil and gas pipelines under longitudinal multipoint excitation suggested that the soil displacement was increased with the length of the monitoring point from the bottom of the soil box for different elevations of the same section. The soil displacement declined notably for the same stretch at the identical elevation with the reduction of seismic intensity. The findings of this study can lay a basis for in-depth research on the effect of multipoint stimulation with different seismic powers on the seismic response of underground pipes.