Seismic Analysis of Connections of Buried Continuous Pipelines

Table 5

Influence coefficients of cruciform connection in different site types.

Site types	Peak total strain of straight pipe (10^−6)	Peak total strain of cruciform connection (10^−6)	Influence coefficient
I	115.62	198.64	1.72
II	115.60	181.46	1.57
III	115.51	170.05	1.47
IV	115.11	155.06	1.35