THE IMPACT OF COUPLING THERMOELASTICITY EQUATIONS ON SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES ON FROZEN SOIL

Abstract

This paper seeks to propose a numeric model for the determination of structure’s settlement on frozen soil. The settlement is driven by the dead weight of the soil, weight of the erected building and thawing of the soil underneath the building due to its heating. A benchmark task was solved both in coupled and uncoupled problem settings. A special analysis is dedicated to the impact of thermoelasticity equations being coupled or independent.