Shear Strength Along Outside Wall of Suction Anchors in Clay after Installation

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 12, Issue , 2002, Pages 785-794

  Andersen, Knut H ^a   Jostad, Hans P ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clay; Design procedures; Outside wall friction; Set up; Suction anchor; Theoretical analyses

Indexed keywords

ANCHORS; CLAY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASTICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DESIGN PROCEDURES; OUTSIDE WALL FRICTION; SET-UP; SUCTION ANCHOR; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0042660835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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