Modelling of Offshore Foundations

Professor Mark Randolph

The lecture focussed on recent results of physical and numerical modelling of a range of foundation systems in uncemented calcareous sediments typical of Australia’s offshore hydrocarbon fields. Foundation types included skirted foundations, suction-emplaced caissons, and drag anchors. In each case, simplified models of behaviour were described, and the results compared with those from more sophisticated modelling.

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