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Pore-pressure gradients in the proximity of a submarine buried pipeline

Conference ·
OSTI ID:237974
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  1. Technical Univ. of Gdansk (Poland). Marine Civil Engineering Dept.
This paper is concerned with the two-dimensional finite-element modeling of the wave-induced pore-pressure field in the proximity of a submarine pipeline buried in sandy seabed sediments subject to continuous loading of regular surface waves. Neglecting inertial forces, a linear elastic stress-strain relationship for the soil, and Darcy`s law for the flow of pore-fluid are assumed. The model takes into account the compressibility of both components (i.e., pore-fluid and soil skeleton) of the two-phase medium. The results of numerical computations are discussed with respect to the hydraulic gradient in the upper part of seabed sediments just above the buried submarine pipeline. The pore-pressure gradient is studied as a function of geometry (depth of burial) as well as soil and pore-fluid compressibility parameters where the later of which is defined in terms of soil saturation conditions.
OSTI ID:
237974
Report Number(s):
CONF-950604--; ISBN 1-880653-18-4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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