Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
30 Mar 2001, 8:00 am - 8:45 am
Abstract
The paper makes a brief review of the state-of-the-art in marine geotechnics. The design problems for different offshore foundation types, from traditional piled and gravity base foundations to the new lightweight skirted foundation concepts, are described. Geotechnical breakthroughs have enabled new and daring constructions offshore and opened the way to cost-effective solutions. At the same time, the requirements and conditions imposed by the offshore industry also greatly contributed to an improved understanding of the behavior of soils under new loading conditions. The paper looks into the development of enhanced site investigations and soil characterization, model testing, improved design methods and new foundation solutions. The challenges facing the geotechnical engineering profession when moving into deeper waters and the steps needed to meet these challenges are outlined.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2001 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
Nadim, Farrokh, "Marine Geotechnics" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 7.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session13/7
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Marine Geotechnics
San Diego, California
The paper makes a brief review of the state-of-the-art in marine geotechnics. The design problems for different offshore foundation types, from traditional piled and gravity base foundations to the new lightweight skirted foundation concepts, are described. Geotechnical breakthroughs have enabled new and daring constructions offshore and opened the way to cost-effective solutions. At the same time, the requirements and conditions imposed by the offshore industry also greatly contributed to an improved understanding of the behavior of soils under new loading conditions. The paper looks into the development of enhanced site investigations and soil characterization, model testing, improved design methods and new foundation solutions. The challenges facing the geotechnical engineering profession when moving into deeper waters and the steps needed to meet these challenges are outlined.
