Abstract: Most infrastructures are made up of large number of parts, such as truss members and bridge decks. Relative movement of the connections between members causes load redistribution or even failure. Monitoring the integrity ...

Abstract: This paper presents the soil friction restraint on oblique pipelines in loose sand. A series of experimental tests are conducted in a prefabricated large-scale drag box with dimensions 1.83 m × 1.83 m × 1.22 m. Model pipes ...

Abstract: The soil restraints to oblique movement of buried pipes in dense sand were investigated. Model pipes 0.61 m long with diameters of 152.4, 228.6, and 304.8 mm were obliquely moved from an axial-longitudinal to a lateral-transversal ...