Design practice in offshore geotechnical engineering has grown out of onshore practice, but
the two application areas have tended to diverge over the last thirty years, driven partly by …

A complete characterization detailing the intricate and complex response of geomaterials
remains a challenging task that can only be realized on a partial basis via a careful drilling …

As the offshore engineering moving from shallow to deep waters, the foundation types for
fixed and floating platforms have been gradually evolving to minimize engineering costs and …

Model Uncertainties in Foundation Design is unique in the compilation of the largest and the
most diverse load test databases to date, covering many foundation types (shallow …

In practice, natural soils exhibit strain-rate dependency and also soften as they are sheared
and remolded. Traditional design approaches, however, have been developed based on …

Spudcan foundations for offshore mobile drilling rigs are large saucer-shaped foundations
that can penetrate several tens of meters into soft sediments. The penetration depth is …

This paper compares four methods that predict jackup rig spudcan penetration with
measured load-penetration records at thirteen Gulf of Mexico locations. Predicted load …

Although the random heterogeneity of a clayey seabed has been long recognised, it is
relatively recently that the influence of spatial variability on the spudcan foundation has been …

A complete analytical method to describe the full load-penetration resistance profile of a
mobile jack-up spudcan footing penetrating a sand over clay stratigraphy is described. It is …

This paper presents results of large deformation finite element (LDFE) analyses that
investigate the penetration response of deep-penetrating spudcan foundations in stratified …