Numerical modeling of stress and strain associated with the bending of an oil pipeline by a migrating pingo in the permafrost region of the northern Tibetan Plateau

Engineering Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 62-77

  Wu, Zhenhan ^a   Barosh, Patrick J ^b   Wang, Lianjie ^a   Hu, Daogong ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a Institute of Geomechanics   (China)

^b PJ Barosh and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Golmud Lhasa Railway; Hazard assessment; Migrating pingo; Numerical modeling; Permafrost; Plastic strain; Stress; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMAFROST; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MIGRATING PINGO; NUMERICAL MODELING;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; BENDING; FAULT ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OIL PIPELINE; PERMAFROST; PINGO; RAILWAY; STRESS FIELD; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 37249066634     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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