Structural Mechanics and Design of Metal Pipes

Structural Mechanics and Design of Metal Pipes: Stress and Strain Analysis and Mechanical Behavior presents a unified approach to understanding, predicting, and better managing the mechanical behaviors of onshore metallic pipelines, offshore metallic pipelines, and other industrial metallic piping systems. It relates specific mechanical behaviors with specific pipeline design methods, discusses special topics such as geohazards, pipeline walking, and lined pipes, and outlines approaches for finite element modeling of metallic pipes and pipelines. The structural mechanics of elastic rings and cylinders, global buckling of pipelines, the mechanics of pipeline bends, pipe deformation, and the behavior of pipelines under cyclic loading are all covered at length and special attention is also paid to optimal mechanical design for onshore, offshore, and buried metal pipelines.