Seismic Analysis of Connections of Buried Continuous Pipelines

Figure 21

Maximum strain of T-shaped connection under different parameters: (a) Case T-1, II-site; (b) Case T-2, 30° branch angle; (c) Case T-3, 0.2191 m pipe diameter; (d) Case T-4, 30° incident angle.

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