Assessing well drilling disturbance effects on offshore foundation piles in clay

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1261-1271

  Schroeder, Felix C ^a   Jardine, Richard J ^b   Kovacevic, Nebojsa ^a   Potts, David M ^b  

^a GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTING GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbances; Marine clays; Numerical analysis; Offshore drilling; Offshore structures; Pile foundations

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; DRILLING; DRILLING FLUIDS; DRILLING PLATFORMS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; FOUNDATIONS; FRACTURE; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PILE FOUNDATIONS; PILES; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; SOILS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DISTURBANCE EFFECTS; DISTURBANCES; FINITE ELEMENTS; FLUID INJECTIONS; FLUID PRESSURES; FOUNDATION PERFORMANCE; FOUNDATION PILES; GROUND MOVEMENTS; HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS; MARINE CLAYS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; OFF-SHORE PLATFORMS; OFFSHORE FOUNDATIONS; SURROUNDING SOILS;

WELL DRILLING;

CLAY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID INJECTION; FLUID PRESSURE; FOUNDATION; GROUND MOVEMENT; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PILE; PORE PRESSURE; SWELLING;

EID: 50149090890     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:9(1261)     Document Type: Article

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