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The lack of a land transport network in the Arctic region of the Russian Federation has resulted in the construction of modern seaports on permafrost soil. This region is characterized by a seasonal layer of frozen soil (one to five metres in depth) and a layer of permafrost soil (one to five hundred metres in depth) that stretches throughout Siberia and along the Arctic coastline. These conditions require an analysis of the interaction between structure, foundations and soil for the design, construction and maintenance of buildings. In 2015, experts from Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University (PGUPS) were asked to conduct a survey of the construction site for the Sabetta seaport and determine possible soil thawing depths under prospective buildings and structures. They used Termoground®, a software that had been developed at PGUPS in 2006. It provides solutions for thermal-physical problems using calculations of spatial models under stationary and non-stationary conditions. Two computational models were generated in which the lower boundary of the subsoil was set at 50 m and 20 m respectively. The effects of thermal insulation with ventilated and unventilated channels were also calculated. The results were used in the design and construction of all the buildings and structures at the Sabetta seaport, which has been operating successfully since 2017. Termoground® is an effective numerical modelling software for ensuring the safety of buildings and structures as well as an economically effective tool for reducing maintenance and construction costs.
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Ulitsky, V., Paramonov, V., Gorodnova, E. (2023). Termoground® for the Numerical Modelling of Structures on Permafrost Soil in the Russian Federation. In: Beskopylny, A., Shamtsyan, M., Artiukh, V. (eds) XV International Scientific Conference “INTERAGROMASH 2022”. INTERAGROMASH 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 574. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21432-5_261
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