Research Article

Explosive Performance Assessment of Buried Steel Pipeline

Table 7

Specifications of models to investigate the effect of pipe burial depth.

CaseSoil typeDiameter (cm)Thickness (mm)Pipe pressure (Psi)Depth (m)WTNT (kg)Blast distance (m)

1Clay10014.3250 (=1.732 MPa)2100
2Hard sand2
3Soft sand2
4Clay3
5Hard sand3
6Soft sand3
7Clay4
8Hard sand4
9Soft sand4
10Clay220
11Hard sand2
12Soft sand2
13Clay3
14Hard sand3
15Soft sand3
16Clay4
17Hard sand4
18Soft sand4
19Clay230
20Hard sand2
21Soft sand2
22Clay3
23Hard sand3
24Soft sand3
25Clay4
26Hard sand4
27Soft sand4