Numerical Simulation of Assembly Process and Sealing Reliability of T-Rubber Gasket Pipe Joints
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
It is a good paper, and writing english does well. I think it can be accepted in present from.
Author Response
Comment 1: It is a good paper, and writing English does well. I think it can be accepted in present from.
Response 1：The author would like to thank the reviewer for the affirmation of this paper.
Reviewer 2 Report
Overall, it is a good manuscript presenting findings on the weakest link of pipelines joint that susceptible to failure caused by high impact such as earthquake. However, several considerations may need to be addressed for clarity and quality.
1. The title is bit confusing: "THE MECHANICAL TEST OF RUBBER MATERIALS..." are this phrase related to the paper? It seems experimental in nature. There is no experimental works in this paper and there was no reference to such.
2. The result in the abstract is better presented quantitatively. Kindly provide some values (numbers).
3. Line 75-76: Kindly briefly elaborate on Treloar and Moony model so that potential readers can have better idea what it is. That is the purpose of journal paper - sharing.
4. Line 108-109. It seems that earthquake is related theme for this paper, however, it not very clear throughout this manuscript on the discussion either in method - results - or conclusion (THIS IS THE REVIEWER's MAIN CONCERN ABOUT THIS PAPER!!!)
5. The discussion does not provide any reference (citation) to previous works for validation purposes.
Author Response
Comment 1: The title is bit confusing: "THE MECHANICAL TEST OF RUBBER MATERIALS..." are this phrase related to the paper? It seems experimental in nature. There is no experimental works in this paper and there was no reference to such.
Response 1：The author conducted two types of mechanical test of rubber material, which are, uniaxial tensile test (UT) and plane tensile test (PT), as presented in Section 2.2. Since the purpose of this paper is not an experimental in nature, the title of the paper is changed to “Numerical Simulation of Assembly Process and Sealing Reliability of T-Rubber Gasket Pipe Joints”, according to the comment of the reviewer.
Comment 2: The result in the abstract is better presented quantitatively. Kindly provide some values (numbers).
Response 2：Some important test results have been quantified in the abstract according to the comment of the reviewer.
Comment 3: Line 75-76: Kindly briefly elaborate on Treloar and Moony model so that potential readers can have better idea what it is. That is the purpose of journal paper - sharing.
Response 3：According to the comment of the reviewer, Treloar’s experimental data and Moony model have been introduced in detail in the paper.
Comment 4: Line 108-109. It seems that earthquake is related theme for this paper, however, it not very clear throughout this manuscript on the discussion either in method - results - or conclusion (THIS IS THE REVIEWER's MAIN CONCERN ABOUT THIS PAPER!!!)
Response 4：What the author tries to express is that, the sealing performance of pipeline joint is an important index to measure its seismic performance. In order to avoid readers' difficulty in understanding, the word “seismic” has been deleted from the paper.
Comment 5: The discussion does not provide any reference (citation) to previous works for validation purposes.
Response 5：The reference related to this article is very rare, hence the author supplemented one of the author's previous experimental study, as a comparison.
Reviewer 3 Report
The paper can be considered for the publication in present form, considering the corrections/implementations highlighted in red in the text.
- the paper reports and interesting research work about the seismic behavior of new rubber joints of underground pipelines. The topic is current and of particular interest for the scientific community and the designers, considering that the topic is not completly covered by the literature
- the analyses performed by the authors are of particular interest for the scientific development of the topic
- the analysis of the seismic behaviour of a new type of joint of the underground pipelines represents an important innovation in the field
- The analyses are well-performed and the results obtained are clearly commented in the text. No additional improvements are required
- The conclusions are supported by the results obtained from the execution of the anlyses.
- The reference are appropriate.
Author Response
Comment 1: the paper reports and interesting research work about the seismic behavior of new rubber joints of underground pipelines. The topic is current and of particular interest for the scientific community and the designers, considering that the topic is not completly covered by the literature.
Response 1：Relevant literature has been supplemented in the paper according to the comment of the reviewer.
Comment 2-6: the analyses performed by the authors are of particular interest for the scientific development of the topic; the analysis of the seismic behaviour of a new type of joint of the underground pipelines represents an important innovation in the field; the analyses are well-performed and the results obtained are clearly commented in the text. No additional improvements are required; the conclusions are supported by the results obtained from the execution of the anlyses; the reference are appropriate.
Response 2-6：The author would like to thank the reviewer for the affirmation of this paper.
