Norman Wells pipeline settlement and uplift movements

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-135

  Burgess, Margo ^a,b  

^a GEOTECH LTD   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buckling; Frost heave; Pipe temperatures; Pipeline thaw settlement; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; FROZEN SOILS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PIPE; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

FROST HEAVE; HIGH AXIAL STRESSES; NORMAN WELLS PIPELINE SETTLEMENT; PIPE STRAIN ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PIPELINE; THAW SETTLEMENT; UPLIFT MOVEMENTS;

PETROLEUM PIPELINES;

FREEZING; PIPELINE; THAW SUBSIDENCE;

BUCKLING; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROST HEAVE; GROUND SETTLEMENT; PERMAFROST; PIPELINE; UPLIFT;

EID: 0032711278     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-36-1-119     Document Type: Article

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