Experimental data used to validate the FE model of the structural performance of two flexible pipes laid in a single trench

Alaa Abbas; Felicite Ruddock; Rafid Alkhaddar; Glynn Rothwell; Iacopo Carnacina; Robert Andoh

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104594

Experimental data used to validate the FE model of the structural performance of two flexible pipes laid in a single trench

Data Brief. 2019 Oct 1:27:104594. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104594. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Alaa Abbas¹, Felicite Ruddock², Rafid Alkhaddar², Glynn Rothwell³, Iacopo Carnacina², Robert Andoh⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Civil Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Building, 15-21 Webster Street, Liverpool, L3 2ET, UK.
² Department of Civil Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University, Peter Jost Centre, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK.
³ Department of Maritime and Mechanical Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK.
⁴ CEO and President of AWD Consult Inc., 32 Vista Drive, South Portland, ME 04106, USA.

Abstract

The objective of the article is to describe the methodology followed to validate the finite element model for the new method of setting pipes in a separate sewer system, using one trench to accommodate the storm pipe over the sanitary pipe "doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2019.103019" (Abbas et al., 2019). A physical model was established in the Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) lab to test the structural performance of two PVC pipes buried in one trench. The results of the physical model were used to validate an FE model using the same material properties and boundary conditions used in the physical model. The validation process allowed the FE model to be upgraded to a 3D FE full-scale model for testing the novel method used to place the separate sewer system.

Keywords: Experimental data; FE model of buried pipes; Novel configuration; Sewer system; Soil-pipe interaction.