HUTTON TENSION LEG PLATFORM FOUNDATIONS: MEASUREMENT OF PILE GROUP AXIAL LOAD-DISPLACEMENT RELATIONS

This paper describes the development of sensitive foundation instrumentation and its use in monitoring the foundation behaviour of the Hutton Tension Leg Platform. The TLP installation sequence allowed the pile groups' initial load-deflexion behaviour to be observed in an almost ideal way, with known large forces being applied as point loadings in a controlled sequence. High quality data were obtained, and these have been used to interpret axial load-settlement and moment-rotation relationships for the pile groups. Relationships have been determined for displacements with respect to both local and remote datum positions. In general, the foundation response was far stiffer than that expected from the predictive methods routinely used by the offshore industry.

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  Institution of Civil Engineers

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  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • JARDINE, R J
  • HIGHT, D W
  • McIntosh, W
• Publication Date: 1988-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 219-230
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axial loads; Dislocation (Geology); Foundations; Ground settlement; Instrumentation; Measurement; Monitoring; Pile groups; Support piles; Tension
• Old TRIS Terms: Platforms
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469387
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM