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Table 1 Stress-checking requirement of oil and gas pipelines

From: Stress analysis of parallel oil and gas steel pipelines in inclined tunnels

Stress type

Gas pipeline

Oil pipeline

Peak stress

\(\sigma_{L} \le 0.90\sigma_{s}\)

\(\sigma_{L} \le 0.90\sigma_{s}\)

Primary stress

\(\sigma_{H} \le 0.75\sigma_{s}\)

\(\sigma_{H} \le 0.72\sigma_{s}\)

Secondary stress

\(\sigma_{E} \le 0.72\sigma_{s}\)

\(\sigma_{E} \le 0.90\sigma_{s}\)