STORM-INDUCED CYCLIC EFFECTS ON SEAFLOOR SOILS

This paper presents a proposed procedure for evaluating the impact of storm waves on the movements and stability of seafloor soils. This new procedure can be used to predict the magnitude and the rate of cyclic degradation and/or excess pore-water pressure build-up in soft clays by first estimating the dissipated strain energy. The proposed procedure accounts for the impact of rotation of stress points due to wave loading. The proposed procedure should serve as a simple and rational alternative to existing methods for evaluating the seafloor stability against storm-wave loading.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proc. 20th Offshore Technology Conference, held Houston, Texas, 2-5 May 1988, Vol. 4, p. 429 [11 pp., 10 ref., 8 fig.]
• Authors:
  • Kagawa, T
• Conference:
  • Proc. 20th Offshore Technology Conference
  • Location: Houston texas, United States
  • Date: 1988-5-2 to 1988-5-5
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ocean bottom
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00694925
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM