An unified formula for the critical force of lateral buckling of imperfect submarine pipelines

X Zhang, CG Soares, C An, M Duan - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Unburied submarine pipelines might buckle laterally under the conditions of high
temperature and high pressure. As an important design parameter of submarine pipelines …

Localised upheaval buckling of buried subsea pipelines

Z Wang, GHM Van Der Heijden, Y Tang - Marine Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Buried subsea pipelines under high temperature conditions tend to relieve their axial
compressive force by forming localised upheaval buckles. This phenomenon is traditionally …

Lateral buckling of subsea pipelines triggered by combined sleeper and distributed buoyancy section

Z Wang, S Li, Q Xu, F He - Marine Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to release the axial compressive force resulting from high-temperature conditions,
sleepers or distributed buoyancy sections are usually installed along the route of the subsea …

Analytical study of lateral thermal buckling for subsea pipelines with sleeper

Z Wang, Y Tang, GHM van der Heijden - Thin-Walled Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Unburied subsea pipelines operating under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions
tend to relieve their axial compressive force by forming lateral buckles. Uncontrolled lateral …

Analytical study of distributed buoyancy sections to control lateral thermal buckling of subsea pipelines

Z Wang, Y Tang, GHM van der Heijden - Marine Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Unburied subsea pipelines operating under high temperature and high pressure (HT/HP)
conditions tend to relieve their axial compressive force by forming lateral buckles in an …

Analytical and numerical study on lateral buckling of imperfect subsea pipelines with nonlinear lateral pipe-soil interaction model

Z Wang, Y Tang, CG Soares - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The nonlinear pipe-soil interaction model and the initial imperfections are predominantly
factors that affect the lateral buckling behaviour of subsea pipelines with a high-temperature …

Snap behaviour in the upheaval buckling of subsea pipelines under topographic step imperfection

Z Wang, GHM van der Heijden - Marine Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Pipelines exposed to high temperature and high pressure with a topographic step
imperfection are susceptible to the phenomenon of upheaval buckling potentially leading to …

Lateral buckling analysis of subsea pipelines on nonlinear foundation

X Zhang, CG Soares - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Lateral soil resistance plays a significant role in lateral buckling, which is a main
consideration in the design of subsea pipelines. In this study, a new lateral soil resistance …

Analytical study on controlled lateral thermal buckling of antisymmetric mode for subsea pipelines triggered by sleepers

Z Wang, Y Tang - Marine Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Subsea pipelines exposed to high temperature and high pressure (HTHP) conditions is
susceptible to lateral buckling. In order to control lateral buckling, engineered buckle …

Controlled lateral buckling of subsea pipelines triggered by imposed residual initial imperfections

Z Wang, N Duan, CG Soares - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of lateral buckling for subsea pipelines may result from the build-up of
axial force along the pipeline induced by high temperature difference. The excessive lateral …