CASPIAN JOURNAL

MANAGEMENT AND HIGH TECHNOLOGIES

Calculating the Technological Parameters for Repairing Main Gas Pipelines in Non-Cohesive Soils

Read Arbuzov Yuriy A., Belov Sergey A., Voevodin Ilya G., Miklush Alexander S., Ridchenko Alexander N., Kuznetsov Petr A. Calculating the Technological Parameters for Repairing Main Gas Pipelines in Non-Cohesive Soils  // Caspian journal : management and high technologies. — 2013. — №1. — pp. 36-41.

Arbuzov Yuriy A. - Ph.D. (Engineering), Chief Engineer – First Deputy General Director, “Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod” Ltd. Co., 11 Zvezdinka St., Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation, blv_srg_rsntvch@mail.ru

Belov Sergey A. - Head of Department of Labor Protection and Industrial Safety, “Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod” Ltd. Co., 11 Zvezdinka St., Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation, blv_srg_rsntvch@mail.ru

Voevodin Ilya G. - Ph.D. (Engineering), Associate Professor, Astrakhan State University, 20a Tatishchev St., Astrakhan, 414056, Russian Federation, vvdn_l_gnndvch@mail.ru

Miklush Alexander S. - Leading Design Engineer of the First Category, Production and Commercial Company “Vertical” Ltd., 6 Sezzhinsky pereulok, Moscow, 105120, Russian Federation, mklsh_lksndr_srgvch@mail.ru

Ridchenko Alexander N. - Chief Engineer, “Stroynadzordiagnostika” Ltd. Co., Production Base, Kartino village, Leninsky district, Moscow Region, 142715, Russian Federation, rdchnk_lksndr_nklvch@mail.ru

Kuznetsov Petr A. - D.Sc. (Engineering), General Director, Research and Production Association “Investstroyekologiya” Ltd. Co., Kartino village, Leninsky district, Moscow Region, 142717, Russian Federation, kzncv_ptr_lksndrvch@mail.ru

The article presents an algorithm for analyzing the stability level of main gas pipelines located in irrigated non-cohesive soils. The algorithm serves to estimate the longitudinal stability for uneven placement of anchor devices along the pipeline. Multivariate algorithms of automated calculations, for their part, provide a methodological basis and justify the selection of basic requirements for technological parameters. The latter would provide the anchors with their required bearing capacity for arbitrary distribution along the length of the pipeline. The anchor devices, the critique relates, enhance the stability level. Moreover, they depend on elements of the ’fuzzy set’ theory, mathematical models and other concepts that influence the quality of pipeline sectional construction and installation work, as well as its operational reliability. The study has determined that the quality of the anchor installation has a significant influence on the transverse load; it also regulates the total number of anchors. Finally, the paper has indicated that the anchor devices closest to the pipeline’s midsection are able to provide it with the maximum level of sustainability.

Key words: main gas pipeline,anchor devices,non-cohesive soils,retention capacity,longitudinal and transverse load.