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Pipeline Geohazards: Planning, Design, Construction and Operations
Editor
Moness Rizkalla
Moness Rizkalla
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Rodney S. Read
Rodney S. Read
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ISBN:
9780791861790
No. of Pages:
824
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
2019

This chapter focuses on the geotechnical issues associated with the design, construction and operation of pipelines in permafrost terrain. From a geotechnical perspective, pipelines in permafrost face many additional design and operational challenges than do pipelines in non-permafrost terrain.

10.1
Introduction
10.2
Brief Introduction to Permafrost
10.3
Site Investigations
10.4
Geothermal Modeling
10.5
Thaw Settlement and Frost Heave
10.6
Limit State Design
10.7
Slopes Design
10.8
Construction Issues
10.9
Monitoring and Mitigation
10.10
Concluding Remarks
References
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