Thick-walled pipelines are widely used as transmission pipes for (ultra) deepwater petroleum and natural gas, and buckle arrestors for shallow water pipelines. However, the current international authoritative regulations may underestimate their ultimate bearing capacity significantly so that their economy and safety are hot topics in industrial circles. After deriving the calculation formula of vector form intrinsic finite element (VFIFE) method solid element, an analysis model of thick-walled pipelines considering the nonlinearity of geometry, material and boundary was established to solve the key mechanical problem of local collapse of thick-walled pipelines. And its accuracy was verified by comparison with 8 sets of thick-walled pipe scale tests, the DNV code, and ABAQUS simulations. Sensitivity analysis of diameter-to-thickness ratio, initial ovality and material yield strength were carried out to quantify the calculation errors of the DNV code method. Then, a more accurate formula for calculating the local collapse pressure of thick-walled pipes was obtained by fitting the VFIFE results. The results show that the simulation results of the VFIFE constant strain tetrahedral element are in line with the actual situation and can provide a new analysis strategy for the collapse behavior analysis of thick-walled pipelines. However, attention should be paid to determining the maximum load rate under the requirement of the quasi-static loading. Under high external pressure, the pipeline will collapse locally and propagate buckle dynamically and the deformation of the pipe section changes from an ellipse to a "dumbbell" shape with certain folds on the inner wall. During local collapse, the change trend of the stress distribution conforms to the general features of solid structure buckling instability. The calculation error of the DNV code of thick-walled pipelines’ local collapse pressure increases with the decrease of the diameter-to-thickness ratio, the decrease of the initial ovality, and the increase of the material yield strength respectively. The corrected formula for local collapse pressure calculation of thick-walled pipelines has a fitting error of -2.49%~1.72% for homologous data and a calculation error of -6.11%~1.70% for heterologous data. It can accurately calculate the local collapse pressures of deepwater pipelines with diameter-to-thickness ratio of 8~18, initial ovality of 0.5%~3.0%, and material yield strength of 300~500 MPa. The results can be used to guide the design and verification of submarine thick-walled pipelines.
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| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |