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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
48 |
| Date of Summary |
March 31, 1987 |
| Subject |
A Study of Structural and
Geotechnical Aspects of Tension Leg Platforms |
| Performing Activity |
Sandia National Laboratory |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr. Paul Hommert |
| Contracting Agency |
Department of Energy |
| Estimated Completion |
Completed |
| Description |
To study designs of tension-leg
platforms (TLP); to understand how platform foundations interact with the soil to
influence the stability and reliability of the platform; to identify research topics and
to initiate work on topics identified as being critical. |
| Progress |
Completed. The final reports were
received. This work concerned laboratory and large scale field tests of driven pile under
cyclic tension loads. The project scope was extended to include drilled and grouted piles
under cyclic tension loads. The initial phase of the project consisted of an assessment of
the current state-of-the-practice for drilled and grouted piles. |
| Reports |
AB
 (114 pages) |
McNeil, R. L., and Noorway, I.,
Offshore In-Situ Testing Techniques: 1983, SAND 83-7462, Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 1983. |
| AC
(320 pages) |
Small-Diameter Pile Segment Test
at Empire, Louisiana, Volumes I and II, The Earth Technology Corporation, Houston, Texas,
August 1984. |
| AE
(244 pages) |
Tension Pile Study, Volume IV,
Testing of 30-inch Diameter Instrumented Pile in Soft Clay, Earth Technology Corporation,
Report No. 82-200-4, Houston, Texas, June 1985. |
| AF
(284 pages) |
Tension Pile Study, Volume V,
In-Situ Model Pile Experiment in Soft Clay, Earth Technology Corporation, Report No.
82-200-5, Houston, Texas, February 1986. |
| AG
(105 pages) |
Tension Pile Study, Volume VI,
Theory Development and Correlation, Earth Technology Corporation, Report No. 82-200-6,
Houston, Texas, February 1986. |
| AH
(80 pages) |
Tension Pile Study, Volume VII,
Proposed Methods for Design of Axially Loaded Piles in Normally Consolidated Clays, Earth
Technology Corporation, Report No. 82-200-7, Houston, Texas, February 1986. |
| AI
(106 pages) |
Pile Segment Tests - Sabine Pass
- Some Aspects of the Fundamental Behavior of Axially Loaded Piles in Clay Soils, Earth
Technology Corporation, Report No. 85-007, Houston, Texas, December 26, 1986. |
| AJ
(147 pages) |
State-of-the-Art Assessment on
Drilled and Grouted Piles for Tension Leg Platform Foundations, Earth Technology
Corporation, Houston, Texas, February 1987. |
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