Investigation for the deformation of embankment underlain by warm and ice-rich permafrost

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Zheng, Bo ^a,b,c   Zhang, Jianming ^b   Qin, Yinghong ^b  

^a CHINA ACADEMY OF RAILWAY SCIENCES CORPORATION LIMITED   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Institute of Geologic Hazard Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Creep model; Embankment settlement; Numerical analysis; Qinghai Tibetan Railway (QTR); Warm and ice rich permafrost (WIRP)

Indexed keywords

CREEP BEHAVIORS; CREEP DEFORMATIONS; CREEP MODEL; EMBANKMENT FILL; EMBANKMENT SETTLEMENT; GROUND TEMPERATURE; ICE-RICH PERMAFROST; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OBSERVED DATA; PERMAFROST TABLE; QINGHAI TIBETAN RAILWAY; THERMAL REGIMES;

CREEP; EMBANKMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROADS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

PERMAFROST;

CREEP; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMBANKMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND CONDITIONS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; RAILWAY; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

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

EID: 71349085220     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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