Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria Julio Garavito

Assessment of Railway Live Loads on Buried Pipelines Using API RP 1102: A Case Study for the Colombian Railway Corridor

This study applies API Recommended Practice 1102 (7th edition, §4.5 — railway branch) to assess the combined stresses induced in a buried API 5L X65 steel pipeline (12-inch, t = 0.300 in) by heavy-haul railway live loads, using the Yumbo-Buenaventura multiproduct corridor in Colo...