FEM Assessment of Large-Strain Thaw Consolidation
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 121, Issue 2
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.
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Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 121 • Issue 2 • February 1995
Pages: 126 - 138
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Copyright © 1995 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 1, 1995
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