Upper-bound yield envelopes for pipelines at shallow embedment in clay

Geotechnique

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-301

  Randolph, M F ^a   White, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clays; Failure; Offshore engineering; Pipelines; Plasticity; Theoretical analysis

Indexed keywords

BREAKAGE; CLAY SOIL; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; PIPELINE; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL PROFILE; STRAIN RATE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 44649198459     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2008.58.4.297     Document Type: Article

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