... of submarine pipelines is based on a variety of codes and regulations, which are, in many cases, open to conflicting interpretation This is particularly true in relation to the fundamental question of the choice of allowable hoop stress. Operating pressure and temperature, and also pipe diameter...

... FOR OSCILLATING PIPELINES R Be/new. R Bruschi. G CUrti. and P S,mantlras Snamprogettl SpA Fano, Italy Abstract The behaviour of the surface layers of marine sediment under the cyclic loads transmitted by an oscillating submarine pipeline, affects the response of the pipeli- ne as the sediment acts as a restraint...