Abstract: The geotechnical design of partially mobile subsea foundations (mudmats) for pipeline/flowline end terminals (PLETs) is presented in this paper. A partially mobile mudmat represents a fit-for-purpose engineering solution ...

Abstract: Fixed offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) are traditionally designed following the working stress design (WSD) format, that is, the factor of safety approach. In 1993, the first reliability-based design standard ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to present simplified methods for determining the three-dimensional (3D) system capacities of pile foundations based on the lower and upper bound theorems of plasticity. The failure surface ...

Abstract: Data obtained during and after major hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in the past three decades provide valuable information about the design model uncertainties for fixed steel offshore platforms because multiple ...