Offshore Geotechnical Engineering

ISBN-13: 9780415477444 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 560 str.

Randolph Mark

Opis

Design practice in offshore geotechnical engineering has grown out of onshore practice, but the two application areas have tended to diverge over the last 30 years, driven partly by the scale of the foundation and anchoring elements used offshore, and partly by fundamental differences in construction and installation techniques. As a consequence offshore geotechnical engineering has grown as a speciality. The structure of Offshore Geotechnical Engineering follows a pattern that mimics the flow of a typical offshore project. In the early chapters it provides a brief overview of the marine environment, offshore site investigation techniques and interpretation of soil behaviour. It proceeds to cover geotechnical design of piled foundations, shallow foundations and anchoring systems. Three topics are then covered which require a more multi-disciplinary approach: the design of mobile drilling rigs, pipelines and geohazards. This book serves as a framework for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and will appeal to professional engineers specialising in the offshore industry.

Spis treści

1.Introduction  2. The Offshore Environment  3. Offshore Site Investigation  4. Soil Behaviour  5. Piled Foundations  6. Shallow Foundations  7. Anchoring Systems  8. Mobile Drilling Rigs  9. Pipeline and Riser Geotechnics  10. Geohazards