Suction anchor piles for the Na Kika FDS mooring system Part 1: Site characterization and design

Deepwater Mooring Systems Concepts, Design Analysis, and Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 28-54

  Newlin, J A ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS; LOAD TESTING; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PILE FOUNDATIONS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SODIUM; SOILS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FLOATING DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM; MOORING SYSTEMS; OVERALL MOORING SYSTEM; OVERBURDEN PRESSURE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL BORINGS; SUCTION ANCHOR PILES;

ANCHORS;

EID: 0242636747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40701(2003)3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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