Thm-coupled finite element analysis of frozen soil: Formulation and application

Geotechnique

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-171

  Nishimura, S ^a,b   Gens, A ^c   Olivella, S ^b   Jardine, R J ^b  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ground freezing; Numerical modelling; Temperature effects; Water flow

Indexed keywords

AIR/GROUND; COLD REGIONS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; FOUNDATION STABILITY; FREEZING AND THAWING; FROST HEAVE; FULLY-COUPLED; GEOTECHNICS; GROUND FREEZING; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; IN-SITU; LIQUID PRESSURE; MASS MOVEMENT; MECHANICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL PROCESS; MESH DESIGNS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PHYSICAL LAWS; POROSITY DEPENDENCE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; STATE VARIABLES; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; WATER FLOW; WATER MIGRATION; WATER SATURATED SOILS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FLOW OF WATER; FREEZING; FROZEN SOILS; HYDRAULICS; PIPELINES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FROZEN GROUND; HEAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS; WATER FLOW;

EID: 67949101906     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2009.59.3.159     Document Type: Article

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