Slow movements of slopes interfering with pipelines: Modeling and monitoring
Conference
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OSTI ID:400934
Slope and pipeline monitoring are often required to anticipate the development of unacceptable conditions for a pipeline crossing hilly or mountainous terrains affected by known soil movements. In a previous paper, Scarpelli et al. (1995) presented the use of slope and pipe monitoring with specific reference to five real cases in the SNAM (the Italian state owned gas company) gas transportation network. These last years numerical simulation of soil movements has been carried out in conjunction with slope monitoring activities, in order to implement numerical modeling for the prediction of slope deformation processes. In this paper some observations are made regarding the role of numerical modeling in the analysis of slope stability problems. The performance of numerical tools in modeling slope deformations is reviewed. The synergetic use of a rich series of field data and of numerical modeling to manage the safe operation of pipelines crossing unstable areas, is discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 400934
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606279--; ISBN 0-7918-1494-7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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