Uplift resistance of buried submarine pipelines: Comparison between centrifuge modelling and full-scale tests

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 877-883

  Palmer, A C ^a   White, D J ^a   Baumgard, A J ^a   Bolton, M D ^a   Barefoot, A J ^a   Finch, M ^b   Powell, T ^b   Faranski, A S ^a   Baldry, J A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Coflexip Stena Offshore Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buried structures; Centrifuge modelling; Deformation; Offshore engineering; Solid structure interaction; Trenches

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CONCRETES; ICE; PRODUCT DESIGN;

CENTRIFUGE TESTS;

PIPELINES;

CENTRIFUGE; MODELING; SUBMARINE PIPELINE; UPLIFT FORCE;

BURIED STRUCTURE; CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; SUBMARINE PIPELINE; UPLIFT;

EID: 0347930682     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.10.877     Document Type: Article

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