Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
30 Apr 1981, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
This first part of the paper outlines the problems encountered offshore compared to onshore. The most important difference is the presence of water which changes the dynamic behavior of structures, introduces new forces, complicates the soil investigation and visual site inspection, and changes the characteristics of the earthquake ground motion. Furthermore, the structures offshore may be much larger than most onshore facilities, and other environmental loads may act simultaneously with an earthquake.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1981 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Selnes, P. B., "Offshore Earthquake Geotechnology — First Part" (1981). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 4.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/01icrageesd/session06/4
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Offshore Earthquake Geotechnology — First Part
St. Louis, Missouri
This first part of the paper outlines the problems encountered offshore compared to onshore. The most important difference is the presence of water which changes the dynamic behavior of structures, introduces new forces, complicates the soil investigation and visual site inspection, and changes the characteristics of the earthquake ground motion. Furthermore, the structures offshore may be much larger than most onshore facilities, and other environmental loads may act simultaneously with an earthquake.
