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© 2016 ASCE. Previous studies of pipeline uplift capacity in undrained clays have often employed elastic-perfectly plastic models and consider a uniform clay. Such approaches may be unable to capture the true mechanical behaviour. Firstly, the behaviour of natural clays is affected by inter-particle bonding, or structure, which cannot be accounted for using simple elasto-plastic models. Secondly, spatial variability is well-known to be an inherent feature of seabed sediments. Remoulding and reconsolidation around the pipeline are likely to exacerbate this characteristic, with the operative shear strength being difficult to predict. In this paper, an advanced kinematic hardening model implemented in a finite element code is used to capture the degradation of structure as a pipeline buried in a natural clay is loaded to its uplift capacity. The spatial variability of clay structure is represented by a random field and Monte Carlo simulation used to characterise the response. This novel application shows that clay structure has a significant effect on the failure mechanism and uplift capacity of a buried pipeline.
Author(s): Charlton T, Rouainia M
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Geo-Risk 2017
Year of Conference: 2017
Pages: 340-349
Online publication date: 01/06/2017
Acceptance date: 02/04/2016
ISSN: 0895-0563
Publisher: ASCE
URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480717.032
DOI: 10.1061/9780784480717.032
Series Title: Geotechnical Special Publications
