Solving downslope pipeline walking on non-linear soil with brittle peak strength and strain softening

• Published in: Volume 5B: Pipelines, Risers, and Subsea Systems
• Main Authors: Castelo, Adriano, White, David, Tian, Yinghui
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2017
• Subjects: Carr; Arctic
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/418057/

In 2000 the first case of pipeline walking (PW) was properly documented when this phenomenon seriously impacted a North Sea high pressure and high temperature (HP/HT) pipeline (Tornes et al. 2000). By then, the main drivers of this problem were accordingly identified for the case studied. On the oth...