Model tests to simulate riser-soil interaction in touchdown point region

Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, ISFOG 2005 - Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 651-658

  Clukey, E C ^a   Haustermans, L ^a   Dyvik, R ^b  

^a B P   (Azerbaijan)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE LOADS; CONSOLIDATED SOILS; DEEPWATER; DEEPWATER RISER; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; GULF OF MEXICO; HYPERBOLIC MODELS; LOADING CONDITION; MODEL TESTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOIL STIFFNESS; SOIL WATER; STIFFNESS RATIOS; TOUCHDOWN POINTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOADING; MARINE RISERS; SOILS; STIFFNESS; UNLOADING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 84857467827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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