Determining appropriate stiffness levels for spudcan foundations using jack-up case records

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 307-318

  Cassidy, M J ^a   Hoyle, M ^c   Houlsby, G T ^b   Marcom, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPUDCAN FOUNDATIONS;

FREQUENCIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STIFFNESS; UNDERWATER FOUNDATIONS; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036437864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2002-28085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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