..., relative density and effective friction angle, developed for geotechnical characterization of foundation zone sediments at the Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm development. Results of laboratory geotechnical tests on samples from 49 soil borings performed at the Lease Area were correlated...

... formation identifying hydrocarbon fracture pressure geologically complex plateau friction angle offshore technology conference vertical effective stress Introduction Reservoir geomechanics or mechanical earth model (MEM) building is an integrated and interdisciplinary approach applied...

... basement reservoir proximity offshore technology conference minimum horizontal stress upstream oil & gas orientation maximum horizontal stress azimuth pore pressure western offshore pore pressure change fracture workflow slip tolerance friction angle Barton , C. A. , Castillo...

... stiffness rock berm stiffness friction angle pipeline diameter resistance berm geometry displacement lateral displacement berm offshore pipeline base case Ballard , J. C. , Yonatan , P. H. , Rattley , M. J. and Griffiths , A. 2014 . Rock Berm Restraint of an Untrenched...

... into subsea design basis. slope displacement lng shear strength probability displacement undercliff area friction angle ground motion upstream oil & gas earthquake liquified natural gas engineering conglomerate seismically-induced slope displacement unit weight claystone gas...

... practice for pipeline end expansion or buckling and walking analysis, which is consistent with the high friction angles and dilatancy of these angular carbonate soils. In addition, the results demonstrate the effect that soil drainage response and history of pipeline sliding movements can have on the axial...

... finite element result installation assessment spudcan location friction angle plastic strength mesh gravel bank finite element analysis conventional analysis small strain sand layer spudcan penetration upstream oil & gas otc 23184 bearing capacity reservoir characterization...

... at discretedepths. The use of the bearing capacity approach requires knowledge of theoperative friction angle. Unfortunately, the approach is rather sensitive, witha small uncertainty in the friction angle translating to a relatively largeuncertainty in the predicted bearing capacity. Further, based on experience...

... system shear strength design method offshore technology conference brinch hansen platform design strength safety factor drilling equipment vertical load foundation rp 2geo database recommendation pile load test friction angle bearing capacity upstream oil & gas envelope main text...

... and propagating preferentially along the upper and lower bounding shales. In a sloping system, such weakening of the sediment over a large lateral distance may provide a weak sediment layer surface prone to shear slip. hydrate dissociation dissociation rutqvist depressurization friction angle...

... conceptual model bearing capacity upstream oil & gas artificial intelligence strength university equation friction angle kpa centrifuge test sand layer subsea system conceptual model western australia otc 20012 sand thickness resistance OTC 20012 New Simplified Conceptual Model...

... Abstract Mechanical property data will be important for the exploration and production of gas hydrate reservoirs, and for the safe exploitation of conventional oil and gas reservoirs beneath hydrate deposits. Two parameters controlling fracture initiation are friction angle and cohesion...

... procedure shallow penetration cpt offshore technology conference penetration alain puech critical depth dense sand friction angle resistance value upstream oil & gas cone resistance relative density resistance compressibility quasi-stationary value reservoir characterization...

.... Consideration is given to the effects of caisson embedment, load application point, load inclination angle, friction angle of the soil, dilatancy and the initial stress state, as defined by the value of K0. Simplified expressions for the inclined uplift capacity of suction caissons are developed, based...

... close to the Rio Caribe area. Determination of mobilized friction angle A jack-up rig was used to drill an explorato~ well at a location approximately 700 m from the Rio Caribe site, where the surface soils are similar. The jack-up platform used was the Rowan Odessa. For a leg-load of 6000 kips...

... in sand with a measured tip load acted over the whole pile end friction angle of 45 degrees may range from area. The pile tip load-movement curve is about 180 to 250. This far exceeds the values presented on Fig. 24. Pile C tip moved only observed here, thus, no limits were applied to about 6 mm from...

... clamshell to 4 x 2 reef (oyster) shell. Shell has a high friction angle when compared to silica sands due to the angular nature of the particles. However, the concave shaped particles cause large voids which results in low density when compared to silica sands. Shell also tends to break down and densify...

... with increasing consolidation pressure and with no sign of a dilatant behavior even at low consolidation pressures. Also, the Mohr-Coulomb envelope progressively flattens, due perhaps, to rain crushing and the friction shows a decrease in friction angle (Datta et al., 1979; Noorany, 1982. Poulos et al, 1982; Dutt...

... a probability distribution function for five parameters used in predicting the axial capacity of driven piles in sand. The parameters investigated were: limiting unit end bearing, limiting unit skin friction, bearing capacity factor, pile-soil friction angle, and coefficient of lateral earth pressure...

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