Water content variations during unsaturated feet-scale soil freezing and thawing

Xu, Fei; Song, Wenhui; Zhang, Yaning; Li, Bingxi; Hu, Yiran; Kim, Yong-Song; Fu, Zhongbin

doi:10.1016/j.coldregions.2018.11.011

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“…The thermally induced plastic deformation in the influencing zone of frozen soil should be considered in the uplift resistance analysis. Most previous studies focused on thermally induced thawing behavior, which induces large thaw settlement of the frozen ground [40][41][42][43]. Little attention was given to the thermally induced plastic deformation behavior within the frozen state.…”

Section: A Preliminary Study Of Thermally Induced Uplift Displacementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Numerical Analysis of Pipeline Uplift Resistance in Frozen Clay Soil Considering Hybrid Tensile-Shear Yield Behaviors

Akhtar

2020

Int. J. of Geosynth. and Ground Eng.

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Pipeline uplift resistance plays an essential role in the design of buried pipelines in permafrost regions or artificially frozen ground. The uplift resistance of a frozen soil is dependent on the soil's mechanical properties, which are needed to characterize plastic zones in the frozen soil that surrounds pipes. Owing to the presence of unfrozen water, frozen soils (especially frozen clay) display complex mechanical properties that vary with temperature. There are limited amount of research studies with a focus on frozen soil-pipe interactions that consider temperature change within the literature. In this study, numerical modeling is conducted to investigate frozen soil-pipe interactions at different temperatures. A pipe is simulated with vertical displacement-controlled or vertical load-controlled conditions. The temperature-dependent mechanical parameters of frozen clay soil are examined in the simulation. Both tensile yield and shear yield behaviors are included in the modeling with the consideration of temperature-dependent failure criterions. Simulated stress paths in monitoring points are collected and displayed. The results from the Mohr-Coulomb model with the Rankine tensile cut off, and the hyperbolic Drucker-Prager model are compared and analyzed. The results indicate that hyperbolic Drucker-Prager model is effective for analyzing soil plastic zones surrounding a pipe. The applied hyperbolic Drucker-Prager model with reduced strength parameters can produce a more conservative uplift resistance-displacement relation when compared with that from the Mohr-Coulomb model. Thermally induced plastic strain may have a significant impact on the uplift resistance analysis, since a significant thermally induced uplift displacement is expected if there is a heat transfer process from a buried pipe to the surrounding frozen soil.

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Section: A Preliminary Study Of Thermally Induced Uplift Displacementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Numerical Analysis of Pipeline Uplift Resistance in Frozen Clay Soil Considering Hybrid Tensile-Shear Yield Behaviors

Akhtar

2020

Int. J. of Geosynth. and Ground Eng.

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Experimental and modeling investigation of freezing characteristic curve of silty clay using TDR

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Su²,

Cao³

et al. 2023

Cold Regions Science and Technology

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Study on electrical properties of saline frozen soil and influence mechanism of unfrozen water content

Liu,

He,

et al. 2024

Cold Regions Science and Technology

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Water content variations during unsaturated feet-scale soil freezing and thawing

Cited by 12 publications

References 31 publications

Numerical Analysis of Pipeline Uplift Resistance in Frozen Clay Soil Considering Hybrid Tensile-Shear Yield Behaviors

Numerical Analysis of Pipeline Uplift Resistance in Frozen Clay Soil Considering Hybrid Tensile-Shear Yield Behaviors

Experimental and modeling investigation of freezing characteristic curve of silty clay using TDR

Study on electrical properties of saline frozen soil and influence mechanism of unfrozen water content

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