Abstract: An approach using the minimum factors of safety against local failures is presented. The state of the effective stresses in a slope is calculated by the finite element method with the Drucker‐Prager nonlinear stress‐strain ...

Abstract: Sublimation of pore ice in frozen silt when excavating in permafrost is a serious engineering health and safety problem due to the release of resulting dust. As part of a continuing effort to develop guidelines for mining ...

Abstract: A large scale 105-m-long, 0.9-m-diam chilled pipeline experiment was conducted to assess the response of a production pipeline that transits between unfrozen (seasonally frozen) and permafrost soils in discontinuous ...

Abstract: We present a laboratory system designed for studying frost heave in fine-grained soil. The system consists of: a modified refrigerator, a frost heave test cell, a laser for measuring heave, a differential pressure transducer ...