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The main loads on buried pipelines are combinations of internal pressure, soil load, bending and normal force. Combinations of excessive soil loads and bending may occur [...]
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Special pipeline components such as pipe elbows, bends are used to change the direction in pipeline alignment. These components are sensitive to imposed deformation and t [...]
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Industrial facilities, e.g. power/chemical/petrochemical plants, terminals, and their components, such as liquid storage tanks and piping systems, when subjected to seism [...]
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Seismic-links are energy dissipative structural elements developed for earthquake-resistant steel structures. The link is designed to experience severe inelastic deformat [...]
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Ground-supported unanchored liquid-storage cylindrical tanks, when subjected to strong seismic loading may exhibit uplifting of their bottom plate, which has significant [...]
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Pipelines constructed in geohazards areas, are subjected to ground-induced actions from seismic fault movements, slope instability, soil subsidence, and liquefaction-indu [...]
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The purpose of this work was to assess the efficiency of retrofitting masonry structures using steel strengthening solutions. A stone masonry benchmark structure was used [...]
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Steel cylinders are used in numerous structural engineering applications, such as members of tubular lattice structures, or pipeline segments. The structural behavior of [...]
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