... for water depths in excess of 200 meters. The analysis is performed for a waterdepth of 280 metres. Model tests and computer analyses shows that the dynamic response characteristics of the platform competes favorably with other systems. structural Elements Foundation The foundation have to resist both...

... and soil. In the first case only manufactured ice obtained by a spray cone method is studied; such ice is considered as structural material for different engineering structures. The second case concerns interaction of natural ice cover with structures and of manufactured ice with the soil foundation; here...

... 2Skm offshore in the Sicily channel in l22.3m water depth. The support structure is a steel jacket whose foundations consist of twenty open ended piles (2.S9m diameter) driven 6S.0m into the sea bed. The topside structure, which has support beams at 18.7m above Lowest Astronomic Tide (LAT) , contains...