Stresses in cast-iron pipes due to seasonal shrink-swell of clay soils

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-162

  Clayton, Chris R I ^a   Xu, Ming ^b   Whiter, Jeff T ^c   Ham, Alex ^c   Rust, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d Rust Geotechnical Consulting   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Field testing monitoring; Mathematical modelling; Pipes pipelines

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL STRESS; CLAY SOIL; CONTINUUM ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENT STRESS; FIELD MONITORING; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FLEXIBLE PIPES; HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION; IRON PIPE; LONDON CLAY; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OAK TREE; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; WATER PIPES;

CAST IRON PIPE; CLAY; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER PIPELINES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

CAST IRON;

CLAY SOIL; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LEAKAGE; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE; PIPELINE; RESIDUAL STRESS; TENSILE STRESS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77957162121     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2010.163.3.157     Document Type: Article

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