Frost heave predictions of buried chilled gas pipelines with the effect of permafrost

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-396

  Kim, Koui ^a   Zhou, Wei ^b   Huang, Scott L ^c  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Frost heave; Groundwater table; Permafrost; Pipeline; Segregation potential concept

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAS PIPELINES; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIPE; PIPELINES; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOILS; THERMOANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CHILLED GAS; CHILLED GAS PIPELINES; FAIRBANKS , ALASKA; FINITE-DIFFERENCE MODELING; FROST HEAVE; FROST HEAVING; FROZEN GROUND; GROUND CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER TABLE; PERMAFROST TABLE; PIPELINE; PIPELINE DESIGNS; SEGREGATION POTENTIAL; SEGREGATION POTENTIAL CONCEPT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

PERMAFROST;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FROST HEAVE; FROZEN GROUND; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; PIPELINE; WATER TABLE;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49949091783     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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