Structural Mechanics and Design of Metal Pipes: A systematic approach for onshore and offshore pipelines presents a unified and systematic approach to understanding and analyzing the structural behavior of onshore and offshore metallic pipelines. Following an overview of pipeline engineering and pipe fabrication, the mechanics of elastic rings and cylinders is presented as a prelude to structural performance of metal pipes under various loading conditions, which involve pressure and structural loads. The book also discusses special topics, such as geohazards and strain-based design, large-diameter water pipelines, global buckling and mechanically-lined pipes, and outlines approaches for developing state-of-the-art finite element models. In all topics addressed in this book, the mechanical behavior of pipes is related with specific design methods for onshore and offshore pipelines.
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Table of Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO PIPELINES 1. Introduction to Pipeline Engineering 2. Line Pipe Manufacturing
Part II: PIPE MECHANICS 3. Structural Mechanics of Elastic Rings 4. Structural Mechanics of Elastic Cylinders 5. Mechanical Behavior of Metal Pipes Under Internal and External Pressure 6. Metal Pipes and Tubes Subjected to Structural Loads
Part III: PIPELINE DESIGN 7. Basic onshore pipeline mechanical design 8. Offshore pipeline mechanical design 9. Pipeline Analysis and Design in Geohazard Areas
Part IV: SPECIAL TOPICS 10. Buried Steel Water Pipeline Design and Analysis 11. Global Buckling of Pipelines 12. Mechanically-lined pipes
Appendices A. Constitutive equations for linear elastic cylinders B. Column buckling C. Inelastic bending and the plastic hinge concept D. Metal Plasticity Fundamentals E. Geometry and equilibrium of plastic collapse mechanism F. End effects on internally pressurized thin-walled cylinders G. Stresses in thick-walled pressurized cylinders H. Glossary
