Determination of undrained shear strength parameters for buried pipeline stability in deltaic soft clays

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 38-43

  Newson, T A ^a   Bransby, M F ^a   Brunning, P ^b   Morrow, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Stolt Offshore   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backfill; Clay; In situ test; Penetrometer; Pipeline

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DESIGN; IN SITU PROCESSING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SHEAR STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRENCHING;

BACKFILL; IN SITU TEST; PENETROMETER; SOFT CLAY;

OFFSHORE PIPELINES;

EID: 3242722519     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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