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Turk Deprem Arastirma Dergisi, vol.6, no.2, pp.471-487, 2024 (Scopus)
The seismic performance of buried pipelines is critical to their continued service after disasters. The 6.2 Mw Christchurch earthquake in February 2011 caused extensive damage to the drinking water distribution network. In this study, the effects of surface waves on the pipeline were investigated through a numerical case study on an asbestos cement (AC) pipeline. While buried pipelines can exhibit both relatively rigid and flexible behavior under surface wave propagation effects, this study focuses on the behavior of asbestos cement pipes, which exhibit rigid characteristics. Using Plaxis 2D based on the finite element method, a dynamic case analysis was performed on the AC type pipe damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and the results were compared with the results of the axial loading test conducted by Ghirmay (2016) on AC pipelines.