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Figure 5. Surface Observation of 1st test
Figure 6. Surface Observation of 2nd test
Figure 7. Section Observation of 1st test
Figure 8. Section Observation of 2nd test
Figure 9. Bending strain during faulting- (Top: 1
st
test, Down: 2
nd
test)
Figure 10. Axial strain during faulting-(Top: 1
st
test, Down: 2
nd
test)
3 CONCLUSIONS
In this article the report of establishment of the first
geotechnical centrifuge in Iran and its initial application in
buried pipelines modeling subjected to faulting are presented.
Also, a brief summary of the modeling details, related scaling
laws and used facilities and instruments are described. Reported
in this experimental study are the axial and bending strains
diagrams of steel pipe versus distance from the normal faulting
before pipe failure for the first time in the literature. Pipe failure
happened almost at 3 cm in model or 1.2 m in prototype offset.
