... programme, SOLCYP (Puech et al., 2012), aims to investigate the effects of cyclic loadings on piles. The experimental part of the project includes both large-scale and model pile testing, which will be performed in calibration chambers and in the centri- fuge. The main objective of the centrifuge tests...

... centrifuge tests carried out on a shallow skirted foundation subject to transient and sustained uplift in a lightly overconsolidated clay. Results from baseline tests with an intact skirt-soil interface are compared with tests in which a gap was created along the skirt-soil interface prior to transient...

... Abstract The performance of a hybrid foundation for subsea systems, defined as a shallow skirted mat foundation featuring short piles at the mat corners, has been investigated through a series of centrifuge tests. The foundation, with and without corner piles, was subjected to eccentric...

... ABSTRACT The design of pipelines using controlled lateral buckling is sensitive to the resistance caused by soil berms. To investigate the behaviour of these berms, an experiment was carried out using a model pipe photographed through a window in a centrifuge strongbox. The processed images...

... of the spudcan have therefore been investigated experimentally using a geotechnical centrifuge. The experimental arrangements feature a fully instrumented jack-up leg, measuring axial forces and bending moments, coupled to a sliding device that allows free lateral displacement of the spudcan (advancing previous...