Nonlinear analysis of a prestressed steel pipeline crossing
Engineering Structures, 2006
Externally prestressed steel tubes are effective solutions to pipeline crossings up to 60 m in sp... more Externally prestressed steel tubes are effective solutions to pipeline crossings up to 60 m in span. For the case study described herein it represents an economy of 12% with respect to the other alternatives. Finite element models of localized stress concentrations at intermediate stiffeners and stiffening ring supports are presented. A shell model with stiffeners is studied to avoid the damaging
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