Design and installation of suction anchor piles at soft clay site

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 179-188

  Colliat, J L ^a   Boisard, P ^a   Sparrevik, P ^b   Gramet, J C ^c  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Single Buoy Moorings   (Monaco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHOR CABLES; BARGES; CLAY; MOORING CABLES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

SUCTION ANCHOR PILES;

PILES;

DESIGN; MOORING; OFFSHORE PLATFORM; OIL WELL; SUCTION ANCHOR;

ANCHORS; DESIGN; MOORING SYSTEM; OFFSHORE OPERATIONS; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; SUCTION;

EID: 0032124558     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(1998)124:4(179)     Document Type: Article

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