Abstract: Driven piles in calcareous sands may have only a small fraction of the capacity of driven piles in noncarbonate sands. This has become a particular problem in the offshore and coastal areas of Australia, India, Saudi Arabia, ...

Abstract: A hybrid subsea foundation (HSF) is defined here as the combination of shallow and deep foundations, designed such that both shallow and deep foundation elements contribute to the total foundation capacity. In this project ...

Abstract: A three‐dimensional collapse mechanism is described for analysis of the ultimate strength of laterally loaded piles under undrained conditions. The analysis is based on the upper‐bound method of plasticity theory. The ...

Abstract: Under general conditions of loading, a plate anchor is subjected to six degrees of freedom of loading, three force components and three moment components. Prediction of the anchor performance under general conditions of ...

Abstract: Suction embedded plate anchors (SEPLAs) allow for accurate positioning, thus providing an attractive alternative to traditional drag embedment anchors. This paper presents an analytical model for predicting the behavior ...

Abstract: This paper presents a plastic limit analysis of the lateral load capacity of suction caissons in an anisotropic, purely cohesive soil assuming conditions of rotational symmetry about the vertical or gravity axis. The ...

Abstract: The oil industry’s success in finding hydrocarbons in deep water has led to a number of important economic and technical challenges involving, among others, new drilling procedures, new structural concepts and configurations, ...

Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between the sediment resisting force and embedment depth for horizontal cylinders in a vertical trench. Plane-strain calculations of collapse loads are performed for a series of ...