Abstract
We present the analysis carried out to investigate the cause of a gas explosion that occurred in Minneapolis. A gas pipeline leaked, resulting in the explosion, and the objective of the analysis is to determine whether the leak resulted from failure of a water main existing below the pipeline, or from differential settlements causing the failure of couplers that connected sections of the pipeline. An analysis based on the theory for a beam on an elastic foundation makes the differential settlements the most likely cause of the explosion.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 57-67 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Geotechnical Special Publication |
| Volume | 2020-February |
| Issue number | GSP 321 |
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| State | Published - 2020 |
| Event | Geo-Congress 2020: University of Minnesota 68th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference - Minneapolis, United States Duration: Feb 25 2020 → Feb 28 2020 |
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