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Research progress of buckling propagation experiment of deep-water pipelines

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In recent years, the extraction of fossil resources, especially oil and gas in deep and ultra-deep water areas has been playing a more important role and been paid more attention to. For this reason, the working depth of submarine pipelines, which are used for the transportation of oil and gas, has been increasing sharply. As the main failure pattern of deep-water pipelines, buckling and its propagation problem have drawn more attention of many research institutions and engineering units around the world. Based on the existing research, the summary of experiments and their outcomes of deep-water pipeline buckling failure is made in this paper. Research status and developing prospects of the experiments of buckling propagation and buckle arrestor are discussed in detail.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300354, China

    Jianxing Yu  (余建星), Mengning Wu  (吴梦宁), Zhenzhou Sun  (孙震洲) & Jinghui Duan  (段晶辉)

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Ship and Deepsea Exploration, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Jianxing Yu  (余建星), Mengning Wu  (吴梦宁), Zhenzhou Sun  (孙震洲) & Jinghui Duan  (段晶辉)

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 51239008), the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China,(No. 51321065),and the National Basic Research Program of China(“973” Program, No. 2014CB046805).

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Yu, J., Wu, M., Sun, Z. et al. Research progress of buckling propagation experiment of deep-water pipelines. Trans. Tianjin Univ. 22, 285–293 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-016-2801-0

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