| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L67547/01 |
| Title: |
MODEL TESTS ON SUCTION CAISSONS IN DENSE SAND |
| Principal Investigator: |
Houlsby, Professor GT |
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Engineering Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Oxford |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 1997 |
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30 June 1999 |
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36,244
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Suction caissons are a recently introduced alternative to the piled foundations used for fixed offshore structures, but their behaviour under typical offshore loading conditions is not well understood. A series of carefully controlled model tests will be carried out in which a variety of load combinations will be applied to a model footing on dense sand. Time effects will be scaled by appropriate choice of loading rate and materials. Cyclic loading will be applied using a pseudo-random time history, in which extreme events will be reproduced using the New Wave concept. The results will be interpreted in terms of theories which can be implemented directly in a structural analysis.
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