Suction anchors for deepwater applications

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3-30

  Andersen, K H ^a   Murff, J D ^b   Randolph, M F ^c   Clukey, E C ^d   Erbrich, C T ^e   Jostad, H P ^f   Hansen, B ^f   Aubeny, C ^f   Sharma, P ^f   Supachawarote, C ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^e Advanced Geomechanics (AG)   (Australia)

^f NGI ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D-FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; DEEPWATER APPLICATIONS; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; GROUND TRUTH; HOLDING CAPACITY; PREDICTION METHODS; PROTOTYPE DATA; RESEARCH TOPICS; SIMPLIFIED METHOD; SOFT CLAYS; SUCTION ANCHORS;

FORECASTING;

ANCHORS;

EID: 84857493524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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