Observations of pipe-soil response from the first deep water deployment of the SMARTPIPE®
Observations of pipe-soil response from the first deep water deployment of the SMARTPIPE®
The Fugro SMARTPIPE® is a new site investigation tool to measure pipe-soil interaction parameters in situ, at the seabed. It comprises a seabed frame with an instrumented model pipe that can be driven in the vertical, axial and lateral directions. This paper presents results from the first SMARTPIPE® campaign in deep water, focusing on axial pipe-soil interaction on soft clay. Pore pressure measurements on the surface of the test pipe provide data that allows the cyclic axial response to be interpreted in an effective stress framework. An effective stress failure criterion shows better agreement with the response across several axial sweeps than a total stress interpretation. In the example test presented here, transient positive excess pore pressure is generated when the pipe changes direction. This means that in this case, surprisingly, the full axial resistance is mobilised over a particular time rather than a particular distance.
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White, D.J.
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Hill, A.J.
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Westgate, Z.J.
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Ballard, J.C.
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White, D.J.
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Hill, A.J.
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Westgate, Z.J.
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Ballard, J.C.
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White, D.J., Hill, A.J., Westgate, Z.J. and Ballard, J.C.
(2010)
Observations of pipe-soil response from the first deep water deployment of the SMARTPIPE®.
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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The Fugro SMARTPIPE® is a new site investigation tool to measure pipe-soil interaction parameters in situ, at the seabed. It comprises a seabed frame with an instrumented model pipe that can be driven in the vertical, axial and lateral directions. This paper presents results from the first SMARTPIPE® campaign in deep water, focusing on axial pipe-soil interaction on soft clay. Pore pressure measurements on the surface of the test pipe provide data that allows the cyclic axial response to be interpreted in an effective stress framework. An effective stress failure criterion shows better agreement with the response across several axial sweeps than a total stress interpretation. In the example test presented here, transient positive excess pore pressure is generated when the pipe changes direction. This means that in this case, surprisingly, the full axial resistance is mobilised over a particular time rather than a particular distance.
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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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A.J. Hill
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Z.J. Westgate
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J.C. Ballard
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Susan Gourvenec
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David White
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