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FEM ASSESSMENT OF LARGE-STRAIN THAW CONSOLIDATION By A. Forierol and B. Ladanyi,2 Fellow, ASCE ABSTRACT: Finite-element simulations using a large-strain thaw-consolidation model, formulated by the writers, are presented and compared with the data obtained from a warm-oil test pipeline at Inuvik, Northwest Territory, Canada. Nondimensional design charts generated by the method are used to predict thaw-consolidation settlements. A good agreement is found between observed and predicted settlement values giving en- couragement for future thaw-settlement predictions, based on finite-element-generated nondimensional charts. INTRODUCTION It is a recognized fact that the mechanisms governing thaw consolidation are extremely com- plicated. Nevertheless, conventional theories, such as the Terzaghi (1923) theory of consoli- dation, have been extensively used in thaw-consolidation models (Tsytovich et al. 1965; Mor- genstern and Nixon 1971, 1975; Morgenstern and Smith 1973; Nixon and Morgenstern 1973, 1974; Nixon 1973; Nixon and Ladanyi 1978) because of their ease in practical utilization. For geotechnical engineers in particular, the Terzaghi consolidation theory offers ad