Comparison of observed and predicted performance for jacket pile foundations in Hurricanes

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2521-2542

  Gilbert, R B ^a   Chen, J Y ^a   Materek, B ^b   Puskar, F ^c   Verret, S ^c   Carpenter, J ^d   Young, A ^d   Murff, J D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HNTB CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Energo Engineering   (United States)

^d GEMS ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE; ANALYSIS METHOD; AS-SOILS; AXIAL CAPACITY; BORING LOGS; DESIGN METHOD; FOUNDATION DESIGN; FOUNDATION SYSTEMS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS; INPUT PARAMETER; LATERAL CAPACITY; LOADING CONDITION; NEW DESIGN; NOMINAL YIELD STRENGTH; OFF SHORE PLATFORMS; OFFSHORE INDUSTRY; P-Y CURVES; PILE CAPACITY; PLATFORM FOUNDATION; PREDICTED PERFORMANCE; PULL-OUT FAILURE; PUSH-OVER ANALYSIS; RECOMMENDED PRACTICE; SAND LAYER; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL RESISTANCE; STEEL PILES;

BORING; DESIGN; DRILLING PLATFORMS; HURRICANES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PILE FOUNDATIONS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

PILES;

EID: 79955831546     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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