Geotechnics for subsea pipelines
Geotechnics for subsea pipelines
The geotechnical analysis performed for subsea pipeline design involves challenges that are not common in conventional foundation engineering. This paper reviews recent research in pipeline geotechnics and shows examples of how this research is being applied in practice.A general theme running through this paper is the twin challenges of the changes in seabed topography and the changes in soil properties that occur through the installation and operating life of a pipeline. Results from in situ and element testing of soils that replicate the loading and disturbance imposed by pipelines are used to show that significant changes in strength are induced. Soil generally weakens during the episodes of remoulding that accompany pipeline laying, buckling, walking and storm loading, and during ploughing and trenching. The soil strength recovers during subsequent episodes of reconsolidation between storms, and between startup and shutdown events. Solutions for incorporating this behaviour into the estimation of axial and lateral pipe-soil resistance, and the assessment of trenching and ploughing operations, are discussed. A unifying theme is the relative magnitude of drained and undrained soil strengths, the evolution of these strengths through cyclic episodes, and the importance of recognising the widelyvarying rates of shearing involved in pipe-soil processes. Pipeline geotechnics can involve drained behaviour in fine-grained clayey soils - for example, during slow axial expansion of pipelines - and undrained behaviour in coarse-grained soils - for example during ploughing. Concepts from critical state soil mechanics often provide a simple framework for clarifying this behaviour.
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White, D.J.
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Cathie, D.N.
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2010
White, D.J.
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Cathie, D.N.
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White, D.J. and Cathie, D.N.
(2010)
Geotechnics for subsea pipelines.
Gourvenec, Susan and White, David
(eds.)
In Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics II: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics.
CRC Press.
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Abstract
The geotechnical analysis performed for subsea pipeline design involves challenges that are not common in conventional foundation engineering. This paper reviews recent research in pipeline geotechnics and shows examples of how this research is being applied in practice.A general theme running through this paper is the twin challenges of the changes in seabed topography and the changes in soil properties that occur through the installation and operating life of a pipeline. Results from in situ and element testing of soils that replicate the loading and disturbance imposed by pipelines are used to show that significant changes in strength are induced. Soil generally weakens during the episodes of remoulding that accompany pipeline laying, buckling, walking and storm loading, and during ploughing and trenching. The soil strength recovers during subsequent episodes of reconsolidation between storms, and between startup and shutdown events. Solutions for incorporating this behaviour into the estimation of axial and lateral pipe-soil resistance, and the assessment of trenching and ploughing operations, are discussed. A unifying theme is the relative magnitude of drained and undrained soil strengths, the evolution of these strengths through cyclic episodes, and the importance of recognising the widelyvarying rates of shearing involved in pipe-soil processes. Pipeline geotechnics can involve drained behaviour in fine-grained clayey soils - for example, during slow axial expansion of pipelines - and undrained behaviour in coarse-grained soils - for example during ploughing. Concepts from critical state soil mechanics often provide a simple framework for clarifying this behaviour.
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Published date: 2010
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2nd International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, , Perth, Australia, 2010-11-08 - 2010-11-10
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D.N. Cathie
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