Set-up of suction piles in deepwater Gulf of Guinea clays

Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics II - Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 723-727

  Colliat, J L ^a   Colliard, D ^a  

^a TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEPWATER; DEEPWATER OIL FIELDS; FRICTION RESISTANCE; GULF OF GUINEA; IN-SITU; INTERFACE FRICTION FACTORS; SET-UP TIME; SUCTION PILE; WATER DEPTH;

OIL FIELDS;

PILES;

EID: 84860242006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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