Suction anchors for deepwater applications Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • This paper summarizes the results of an industry sponsored study on the design and analyses of suction anchors in soft clays. References on suction anchors (>200) were collected and a number of prediction methods and data related to installation performance and holding capacity were identified and summarized. The practices for predicting the installation performance and capacity of suction anchors were evaluated, including an assessment of their simplicity, completeness, sensitivity, practicality, and generality. Research topics with the potential for improving current practice were identified. The basis of the evaluation was a comparison of predictions of hypothetical cases of various simplified methods as well as a comparison of predictions using these methods with 'ground truth' data from either rigorous 3D finite element analyses or prototype data where available. 2005 Taylor & Francis Group.

published proceedings

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

author list (cited authors)

  • Andersen, K. H., Murff, J. D., Randolph, M. F., Clukey, E. C., Erbrich, C. T., Jostad, H. P., ... Supachawarote, C.

complete list of authors

  • Andersen, KH||Murff, JD||Randolph, MF||Clukey, EC||Erbrich, CT||Jostad, HP||Hansen, B||Aubeny, C||Sharma, P||Supachawarote, C

publication date

  • December 2005