Abstract: A failure mechanism for single‐ply roofing systems is formulated that accounts for air infiltration into the space underneath the inflated membrane and the billowing of the membrane with the fluctuations of wind pressure ...

Abstract: The initial states of stress and deformation of a buried flexible pipe with unsupported haunches are calculated modeling the buried pipe as a cylindrical shell supported on an elastic foundation with nonuniform stiffness. ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical solution for thrust restraint analysis of buried pipelines subjected to internal pressures and thermal and earthquake loads. The proposed analytical solution is modified from the current ...

Abstract: This paper presents a methodology for evaluating fitness-for-service (i.e., safety, serviceability, and reliability) of corroded metal pipelines. A model for predicting pipe failure pressure is developed from a series of ...

Abstract: A method based on a multi‐layered ring model of prestressed concrete pipe is presented for analysis of such pipe under the combined effects of internal fluid pressure, external load, and pipe and fluid weights. This method ...

Abstract: Buckling analysis of spherical concrete domes constructed over prestressed concrete tanks subjected to gravity and earthquake load combinations is complex due to the sensitivity of spherical dome buckling to geometric ...

Abstract: The rate of energy released as delaminations grow in FRP chimney liners subjected to the thermal environments of flue gas is computed by an indirect finite‐element approach developed by Rybicki and Kanninen using a single ...

Abstract: Part II of a two‐part paper studying the delamination by radial tension of mortar coating of prestressed concrete cylinder pipe. Part II contains the results of the analysis of mortar coating behavior using a finite‐element ...