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jimlin
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Member I'mmodelingaabovegroundpipingandburiedpipeline, Mod
theburiedlengthisverylonger.Ihavenoideahowlong
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04/07/05 theburiedpipelineshallbeinputed.Somebodysaysuse January
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buriedvirtualanchortobemodelledintheprogram?and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
howtodefinetheburiedmodeltosimilarwithrealone? 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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Re:problemfortheburiedvirtual #302306/01/05 02:04PM 11120Members
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SunWee 14660Topics
Youcanfindmanyreferencematerialaboutthis.Iwould 65956Posts
Member liketorecommendtoreadanarticleStressanalysis
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methodsforundergroundpipelines,L.C.Peng,May1978,
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12/20/99 PipeLineIndustry.
Posts:75
Loc: Virtualanchorlocationmaybecalculatedroughlyas
Calgary,Canada below

L=Ft/Ff
where,
L=lengthofpipefromvirtualanchortothepointofentry
orexitfromtheground(ft)
Ft:forceduetothermalcompressivestress(lbs)
Ff:frictionalresistanceofpipetothermalgrowth(lbs/ft)

However,itwilldependonburiedconditions.Ifyouwant
togetmorecorrectnumber,youhavetousecomputer
software.Therearesomesoftwareforburiedpipeandsoil
analysis.
Idontseeaproblemtomodelyourpipingevenafew
kilometersintoCaesarII.CaesarIIwillgivethevirtual
anchorlocationandthermalmovements.
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Re:problemfortheburiedvirtual #302406/01/05 03:48PM

anchormodel
John
Breen ThankstoSunWeeforthinkingofL.C.Pengs'spapers.You
Member canfindthesepapersatthefollowingaddress:

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03/09/00 http://www.pipestress.com/Pages/PEpapers.html
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Loc: Also,youmightwanttolookatthenonmandatory
Pittsburgh,PA appendixinB31.1,AppendixVII,"Proceduresforthe
(&Texas)
DesignofrestrainedUndergroundPiping".

Regards,John.
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Re:problemfortheburiedvirtual #302506/01/05 04:31PM

anchormodel
DaveDiehl
Becarefulwithyourinterpretationofthephrase"virtual
anchor"or"virtualanchorlength".Thisisnotadistanceto
Member ananchor.Itisinsteadaburiedlengthofpipe,long
enoughsothattheaxialfrictionalongthislengthprevents
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anyloadordisplacementatoneendfromtranslatingtothe
12/14/99
Posts:2032 otherend.Astraightrunwithnobrancheslongerthanthis
Loc:Houston, lengthneednotbemodeledbeyondthislength.
TX,USA
Butdon'taddananchorinCAESARII(CAESARII).AsSun
Weesuggests,justrunitwayoutthereandletCAESARII
"bury"it.

CAESARIIprintsoutthecalculatedVirtualAnchorLength
(VAL)intheburiedmodeler.Butthislengthassumesthe
soilholdsthepipefixeduntilthefrictionloadisexceeded.
Oursoilmodelusesabilinearstiffnesstomodelthese
frictioneffectssosome"slippage"mustoccurtobuildup
thefrictionforcealongthelength.(Thisslippageisthexin
f=kx.)Thisrequireslongerrunstosetupthe"anchor".I
runlengthsmuchlongerthanthecalculatedvalue.
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Re:problemfortheburiedvirtual #1152406/04/07 09:59AM

anchormodel [Re:DaveDiehl]
kjn
Member Therearesomeclosedformsolutionsavailabletoestimate
thevirtualanchorlengthforaburiedpipelinethatis
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05/28/07 pressureandtemperaturedifferential.However,these
Posts:8
Loc:Oman approximationsassumetheaxialsoilreistanceisfully
mobilizedalongthevirtualanchorlength(whichisnot
exactlycorrect).Thevirtualanchorlengthcalculationisa
functionofmanyvariablessuchaspipelinediameter,
thermalexpansioncorficient,soiltype,internalpressure,
andthechangeintemperaturethattheburiedpipeline
experiencesbetweeninstallation(i.e.temperatureatwhich
thelinewasburiedrestrained)andoperation.P.J.
Schnackenberg(PipeLineIndustry,Nov.1976,pp.53
56)presentsasimplifiedsolutionforvirtualanchorlength.

However,ifyouuseCAESARII,justkeepincreasingthe
buriedpiplinesegmentlengthuntilthenodaldisplacemnts
gotozeroatsomepointalongtheburiedpipeline
segment.Bydefinition,thisisthepointatwhichthevirtual
anchoroccurs.

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