Three-Dimensional Stress-Strain State of a Pipe with Corrosion Damage Under Complex Loading

Abstract

In studies of the stress-stain state of models of pipeline sections without corrosion defects of a pipe, in the two-dimensional statement (cross section), pipes are usually modeled by a ring, whereas in the three-dimensional statement – by a thick-wall cylindrical shell [Ponomarev et al., 1958; Seleznev et al. 2005]. Usually, internal pressure or temperature is considered as a load applied to the pipe. The solution of the problems stated in this manner yields not bad results when a relatively not complicated procedure of calculation, both analytical and numerical, is adopted. The presence of corrosion damage at the inner surface of the pipe (Figures 1, 2), being a particular three-dimensional concentrator of stresses, requires a special approach to defening the stress-strain state. In addition, account should be taken of a simultaneous compound action of such loading factors as internal pressure and friction of the mineral oil flow over the inner surface of the pipe, as well as of soil. The analysis of the known references to articles shows that the problem of investigating the spatial stress-strain states of the pipe with regard to its corrosion damage with the account of various types of loading has not been stated up to now. In essence, the problems of determining individual stress-strain states under the action of internal pressure ( ( ) p ij σ , ( ) p ij e ) or temperature ( ( ) T ij σ , ( ) T ij e ) [Ainbinder et al., 1982; Borodavkin et al., 1984; Grachev et al.,