1. FEM Assessment of Large-Strain Thaw Consolidation.
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Foriero, A. and Ladanyi, B.
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FINITE element method , *PIPELINES - Abstract
Finite-element simulations using a large-strain thaw-consolidation model, formulated by the writers, are presented and compared with the data obtained from a warm-oil test pipeline at Inuvik, Northwest Territory, Canada. Nondimensional design charts generated by the method are used to predict thaw-consolidation settlements. A good agreement is found between observed and predicted settlement values giving encouragement for future thaw-settlement predictions, based on finite-element-generated nondimensional charts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1995
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