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Guidelines for Seismic Design of Buried Pipelines

Qu Uplift

qd

qu

Qd
Bearing

Figure B 3a: Idealized representation of soil springs in vertical direction.

B.3.1 - Vertical Uplift


The maximum soil resistance per unit length of the pipeline in vertical uplift can be calculated
as:
Qu N cv cD N qv HD

where
N cv = Vertical uplift factor for clay (0 for c = 0),
N qv = Vertical uplift factor for sand (0 for = 00),

H H
N cv 2 10 for 10 , and
D D

H
N qv Nq (see clause B.3.2 for the definition of Nq)
44D

The mobilizing displacement of soil, qu , at Qu can be taken as:

(a) 0.01H to 0.02H for dense to loose sands < 0.1D, and
(b) 0.1H to 0.2H for stiff to soft clay < 0.2D.

B.3.2 - Vertical Bearing


The maximum soil resistance per unit length of pipeline in vertical bearing can be calculated
as

D2
Qd N c cD N q HD N ,
2

Where
N c , N q and N are bearing capacity factors from Figure B 3b or as

0.001
Nc cot ( 0.001) exp tan( 0.001) tan 2 45 1 ,
2

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