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Table 4.6: Comparison of load tr<strong>an</strong>sfer between simulation <strong>an</strong>d experiment<br />

Location / Type of Strain<br />

0 Layers 8 Layers<br />

164<br />

Percentage of<br />

Reduction (%)<br />

S2-Hoop Strain (Experiment) 401.14 380.12 5.24<br />

S3-Hoop Strain (Experiment) 440.82 378.04 14.24<br />

S5-Hoop Strain (Experiment) 479.77 356.86 25.62<br />

*Defect Hoop Strain (Simulation) 402 365.87 8.99<br />

S2-Axial Strain (Experiment) 363.41 287.65 20.85<br />

S3-Axial Strain (Experiment) 285.77 218.62 23.50<br />

S5-Axial Strain (Experiment) 301.86 284.8 5.65<br />

*Defect Axial Strain (Simulation) 114.4 95.36 16.64<br />

S4 - Hoop Strain (Experiment) 278.28 255.16 8.31<br />

*Nominal Hoop Strain (Simulation) 265.81 267.34 -0.58<br />

S4 - Axial Strain (Experiment) 68.38 66.13 3.29<br />

*Nominal Axial Strain (Simulation) 2.2 5.99 -172.27<br />

Nevertheless, these achieved results which are based on the test rig arr<strong>an</strong>gement,<br />

have already met the objectives of this PhD study. In earlier discussions, the test rig that<br />

mimics the actual pipeline on site focuses on a straight pipe which relates to offshore or<br />

onshore pipelines rather th<strong>an</strong> other shapes <strong>an</strong>d it refers to above the ground pipelines<br />

only. In other research carried out by Lukacs et al. (2010), they conclude that in <strong>an</strong>y<br />

experimental work (i.e. laboratory-based) which involves straight pipes, researchers are<br />

more concerned with hoop strain rather th<strong>an</strong> axial strain. This is because of the nature of<br />

the test set-up itself which requires the pipe to have a closed system at both ends. Unlike<br />

the underground or buried pipelines which are subjected to soil movement, the axial<br />

strain is more import<strong>an</strong>t th<strong>an</strong> hoop strain <strong>an</strong>d the test set-up should be arr<strong>an</strong>ged in a<br />

different form.

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