Offshore pipeline protection against seabed gouging by ice: An overview

P Barrette - Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Offshore operators in the Arctic will rely on seafloor installations, notably pipelines, to
manage and transport hydrocarbons. In icy waters, these structures are at risk of being …

The influence of non-linear stress-strain behavior of dense sand on seabed response to ice gouging

A Nematzadeh, H Shiri - Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Subsea pipelines crossing the Arctic shallow waters are usually threatened by ice scour. A
cost-effective solution to physically protect the pipeline against the ice gouging is to bury the …

Offshore pipelines and ice gouge geohazards: comparative performance assessment of decoupled structural and coupled continuum models

K Pike, S Kenny - Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Offshore pipelines in ice environments may be subjected to unique geohazards such as
seabed ice gouging. These events involve nonlinear processes including large …

Numerical Modeling of Ice–Seabed Interaction in Clay by Incorporation of the Strain Rate and Strain-Softening Effects

S Hashemi, H Shiri - Journal of Offshore Mechanics …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Ice gouging is one of the main threats to the safety of the subsea pipelines buried in Arctic
coastal regions. Determining the best pipeline burial depth relies on free-field ice gouging …

Integrating geohazard demand and structural capacity modelling within a probabilistic design framework for offshore arctic pipelines

S Kenny, J Barrett, R Phillips, R Popescu - ISOPE International Ocean …, 2007 - onepetro.org
The design of buried offshore pipelines in ice environments must consider extreme load
events. Current practice for the characterization of geotechnical loads (ie system demand) …

In-situ ice ridge scour tests: experimental set up and basic results

P Liferov, KV Høyland - Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2004 - Elsevier
An in-situ program was carried out in the Van Mijen fjord on Spitsbergen during the 2002
and 2003 winter seasons to investigate the ice ridge scour process. Two ice scour tests and …

[PDF][PDF] An ALE FEM model of ice scour

I Konuk, S Yu, R Gracie - … of Computer Models and Advances in …, 2005 - civil.uwaterloo.ca
A Finite Element (FE) model of the ice scour process is developed to study the soil
deformation and transport process around the scouring ice and to investigate the effects of …

Subscour displacement in clays from physical model tests

K Been, RB Sancio, D Ahrabian… - International …, 2008 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A subscour soil displacement model is a key component to determine the safe burial depth
of offshore pipelines in ice scoured environments. In order to calibrate numerical models …

The influence of layered soil on ice-seabed interaction: Soft over stiff clay

S Hashemi, H Shiri, X Dong - Applied Ocean Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Ice gouging is one of the main threats for the structural integrity of the offshore pipelines in
the territories that floating icebergs can reach. The safe and cost-effective burial depth of …

Three-dimensional response of buried pipelines subjected to large soil deformation effects: Part I—3D continuum modeling using ALE and SPH formulations

A Fredj, A Dinovitzer - International pipeline …, 2010 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Understanding the effect of soil-pipeline interactions in the event of large ground movement
is an important consideration for the pipeline designer. Both experimental investigation and …