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structural or geotechnical failures are cause for uncertainty

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of a pipe due to the uncertainty of soil characteristics and -

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U u
v w

o
Xi x y Zi are

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tially that Z z
Xn,p(x, y) Xn,p(x, y)
Zn,p(z)

Xn(x, y) and
xy z x y xy and z Zn(z) -
z
Zn(z) -
U* X*(x, y) o Zn(z).
Introducing the separated representation of the solution
at iteration n
xy

Xn(x, y)

E v p
the density and F Xn(x, y)
U* Xn(x, y) o Z*(z)

z
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Zn(z).

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U
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tional product Xn x, y Zn z
i

xi i
or

The test function U* reads

xy z w Gs ps Ep
pp
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condition

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U*
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interface and the shear stress at that position. The
u,v,w -
U x, y, z, , Gs, ps, Ep, pp

s
Gs ps
Ep pp
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amax g. -

p cs
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cp
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of each type. In reality the incident field is not a plane

G* G* G

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Ep Ep

Gs E Pa ps 3 p
p
3 and amax g

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ues of Ep E Pa ps 3 and p 3
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Gs

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Authors
Claudia Germoso Omar Gonzalez
Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Instituto Nacional de Ciencias
Domingo - INTEC Exactas – INCE

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