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 …

Scale effects of shallow foundation bearing capacity on granular materials were investigated
to further evaluate the trend of decreasing bearing capacity factor, N γ, with increasing …

The bearing capacity and deformation behavior of coral sand foundations, a geotechnical
structure commonly employed in coastal and island construction, are investigated in this …

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 …

When a jack-up spudcan foundation is installed on seabeds consisting of a sand layer
overlying soft clay, the potential for 'punch-through'failure exists. This happens as a result of …

Numerical studies were carried out to investigate the bearing capacity of spudcan
foundations of offshore jack-up rigs in sand overlying normally consolidated clay by using …

Porous coral sands formed by the remains of marine organisms are important foundation-
filling materials for artificial island construction and other marine geotechnical projects. A …

This report develops and calibrates procedures and modifies the AASHTO LRFD Bridge
Design Specifications, Section 10-Foundations for the Strength Limit State Design of …

Traditional bearing capacity theories for the ultimate capacity of shallow foundations assume
that the thickness of the bearing stratum is infinite. The presence of a hard layer within a …

A series of centrifuge model tests has been conducted to investigate the bearing resistance
of spudcan foundations of offshore jack-up rigs in sand overlying normally consolidated clay …