I'm simulating Pipeline by customer demand of HDPE, diam 32".
This HDPE pipeline have few anchor, and most of it's resting on the ground and has only one soil cover.
I am simulating this soil cover by placing every 1 meter a vertical support to simulate bottom soil, plus a guide for side soil. Both with soil stiffness.
My question is how to calculate the most accurate stiffness of soil cover, which is not compacted ?
Maybe you have a more correct suggestion to perform this simulation.
If you are using CII, you need to model soil interaction on your pipe by "Underground Pipe Modeler" once you complete the AG / UG piping route, modeler request some geotechnical info that Civil can provide for you. For more info read through CII help file.
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RE: Soil stiffness calculation for HDPE pipeline, 32"
If you are using CII, you need to model soil interaction on your pipe by "Underground Pipe Modeler" once you complete the AG / UG piping route, modeler request some geotechnical info that Civil can provide for you. For more info read through CII help file.