HUTTON TENSION LEG PLATFORM FOUNDATIONS: PREDICTION OF DRIVEN PILE BEHAVIOUR

This paper describes an approach to the prediction of axial load-displacement relationships for large piled foundations. The method is based on effective stress principles and attempts to take account of the effects of pile installation and equilibration, the possible formation of an interface zone (with reduced frictional strength) near the pile shaft and strongly non-linear soil constitutive behaviour. The theoretical and experimental background of the topic is reviewed and the approach then applied in a finite element analysis of the piled foundaions of the Hutton tension leg platform. A superposition procedure is used to estimate group behaviour from predictions made for a single pile. The results are found to give a close match with the four independent foundation compliance parameters measured on-site during platform installation.

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  Institution of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • JARDINE, R J
  • Potts, D M
• Publication Date: 1988-6

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 231-252
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axial loads; Finite element method; Forecasting; Mineral dislocations; Pile foundations; Support piles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driven piles
• Old TRIS Terms: Pile behavior; Platforms
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469388
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM