Abstract: Pile foundations supporting offshore structures, such as jacket platforms and wind turbines, are subjected to cyclic lateral loading. The capacity and deformation of these pile foundations under cyclic lateral loading are ...

Abstract: Estimation of a footing’s bearing capacity under general loading is a topic of wide interest, especially for the offshore energy industry. Although there have been several studies in the past few decades on shallow footings ...

Abstract: The hemiball penetrometer is a geotechnical device developed to measure the property of surficial seabed sediments (<0.5  m), which is of most significance for pipeline design and for situations in which traditional ...

Abstract: China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) currently is developing a mat-supported wellhead production platform concept as an alternative solution to conventional jacket platforms in shallow-water oil fields. The ...