Chilled Pipeline and Frost Heaving
Chilled Pipeline and Frost Heaving
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Has anyone had experience with calculation of frost bulb growth surrounding a buried chilled pipeline? If so, a link or some tips would be greatly appreciated. I have searched long and hard and have not found anything of use, so if anyone here has experience, I would love to discuss the topic. Thanks.





RE: Chilled Pipeline and Frost Heaving
RE: Chilled Pipeline and Frost Heaving
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You can get software to do this-
http://www.geo-slope.com/products/tempw2004.aspx
Look in Chapter 12 of this publication for equations for heat loss from buried pipes:
http://www.ccb.org/docs/COETM/5_852_5.pdf
A basic Arctic foundation textbook usually includes "freezeback pile" calculations - time to freeze a soil-water slurry in the annular space around a pile placed in permafrost. This is similar, but in a reverse direction, to your problem. You can find the process/equations for this in Chapter 4 of:
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