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SUMMARY:Alternative mitigation strategies for landslides impacting pipelin
 es: use of compliant materials to lower tractive forces in moving ground -
  Dr. Alex Baumgard\, BGC Engineering\, Inc.
DTSTART:20251119T170000Z
DTEND:20251119T180000Z
UID:TALK239674@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Nicolas Lee
DESCRIPTION:When constructing infrastructure\, landslides are good things 
 to avoid.  However\, sometimes one can’t – either the infrastructure i
 s already in place or there are other constraints that prevent going aroun
 d them.  This leaves engineers to manage landslides.  Typically\, landslid
 es are managed by either stopping the driving forces or stabilised by mech
 anical means such as anchorages or buttresses.  However\, an alternative m
 anagement strategy exists\, wherein the infrastructure is designed to work
  with the landslide movement.  The use of compliant backfill materials are
  now being implemented on some real-world examples in an attempt to reduce
  traction forces from landslides\, thereby allowing them to move past the 
 pipeline rather than apply load and stress.  This presentation will outlin
 e some of the background soil-structure interaction theory\, current resea
 rch being completed at Queen’s University in Canada\, and provide exampl
 es of how compliant materials and construction techniques can be used to a
 ccommodate a moving landslide including where it has been applied on the T
 rans Mountain Expansion Pipeline.
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department \,LR3A
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