You can replace the default expansion rate used in the buried pipe modeler with your value. That value, along with the temperature change, will be used to calculate the virtual anchor length (VAL) for your system. The VAL is based on the sum of loads (thermal strain, end cap pressure extension and Poisson pressure shrinkage) and the pipe/soil friction per unit length of pipe.
Let us know how this changes your VAL (and analysis results).
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Dave Diehl