Cyclic shear testing for piles in cemented calcareous sands

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:403145

Seidel, J P; Haberfield, C M ^[1]; Johnston, I W ^[2]

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1. Monash Univ., Clayton, Victoria (Australia)
2. Victoria Univ. of Technology, Footscray, Victoria (Australia)

The behavior of calcarenite, which is a cemented calcareous and found in many offshore environments around Australia and other parts of the world, is of intense interest due to its importance in the foundations of offshore structures needed for oil and gas recovery. Such cemented sands are subject to degradation, which is a critical factor in their engineering behavior. The relevance of constant normal stiffness direct shear testing of interfaces between concrete and cemented calcareous sands under both monotonic and cyclic conditions to offshore foundations is discussed, and a new approach to the prediction of foundation performance in these materials is presented.

• OSTI ID: 403145
• Report Number(s): CONF-940409-; ISBN 1-880653-10-9; TRN: IM9651%%180
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. international conference on offshore and polar engineering, Osaka (Japan), 10-15 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of The proceedings of the fourth (1994) international offshore and polar engineering conference. Volume 1; Chung, J.S. [ed.] [Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)]; Natvig, B.J. [ed.] [Aker Engineering A/S, Oslo (Norway)]; Das, B.M. [ed.] [Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL (United States)]; PB: 649 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
FOUNDATIONS
SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS
CALCULATION METHODS
PERFORMANCE
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS