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Geotechnical Design of Bucket Foundations

Offshore Technology Conference, 1995
ABSTRACT The successful installation of the Europipe 16/llE Riser jacket in July 1994 and the coming installation of Sleipner T jachzt in spring 1996 proves that suction installed skirted plate foundations (buckets), may not only be a competitive alternative to piles, but also a complementaryfoundation solution both
A. Bye, C. Erbrich, B. Rognlien, T.I. Tjelta   +3 more
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Approximate settlement influence factors for bucket foundations

Ships and Offshore Structures
Byeong Geon Kim, Joon Kyu Lee
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Tensile capacity of offshore bucket foundations in clay

Ocean Engineering, 2020
Abstract Depending on the applications, offshore bucket foundations may be subjected to tensile loads. Mobilised soil resistance needs to resist the loads over the operation life of a project, or to be minimised if removal is required at decommission.
Liqiang Sun, Yumeng Qi, Xiaowei Feng, Zhengqing Liu   +3 more
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North Nemba Flare Bucket Foundations

Offshore Technology Conference, 2001
Abstract The successful installation of the North Nemba Flare in November 1999 demonstrates that suction-installed foundations ("buckets") are a competitive foundation solution for lightweight structures on soft cohesive soils.
H.J. Kolk, S. Kay, A. Kirstein, H. Troestler   +3 more
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A Case Study: Construction of Bucket Foundations for Jackup Ships

Volume 6: Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology; Offshore Geotechnics; Petroleum Technology Symposium, 2013
Jackup ships are built to transport wind turbines foundation between offshore logistics center and the installation site. It require sufficiently stable seabed next to quay walls. Otherwise jackup processes may reduce the stability of the quay wall and remained footprints of the legs could induce unsafe jackup procedures in the future. Foundations have
Qiu, Gang, Hamann, Thorben, Grabe, Jürgen, Hein, Christian, Howe, Robert   +4 more
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Scour Development around Bucket Foundations

2015
The design without scour protection is a sensitive topic to most offshore developers, especially in the North Sea. However, newer research show that this concept is realistic if exists extended comprehension of the scour and backfill phenomena. The present paper shows comparative results for monopile and Bucket Foundation; using experimental analysis ...
Stroescu, Ionut Emanuel, Frigaard, Peter Bak, Fejerskov, Morten   +2 more
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Response of Cyclic-Loaded Bucket Foundations in Saturated Dense Sand

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2017
Abstract: One of the major concerns of designing offshore wind turbine foundations is to address the effects of cyclic loading coming from, especially, wave loading. This paper describes the results from a test series on a small-scale mono bucket foundation installed in water-saturated dense sand exposed to cyclic loading with 1.0 Hz. A macro model has
Nielsen, Søren Dam, Ibsen, Lars Bo, Nielsen, Benjaminn Nordahl   +2 more
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A comparison of the bearing capacity between shallow bucket foundations and solid foundations in clay

Ships and Offshore Structures, 2019
A shallow bucket foundation is a new foundation for offshore wind turbines with advantages of an anti-overturning bearing capacity and differential settlement control.
Pengcheng Ma, Run Liu, Guangsi Chen, Jijian Lian, Chengfeng Li   +4 more
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Instability of Bucket Foundations during Installation

2011
The bucket foundation is an upcoming technology for offshore wind turbines. The bucket foundation is a large cylindrical monopod foundation constructed as a thin steel shell structure. A bucket foundation does not require heavy installation equipment since it is installed by suction forces.
Madsen, Søren, Andersen, Lars Vabbersgaard, Ibsen, Lars Bo   +2 more
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Characteristic Behavior of Bucket Foundations

2012
The world is currently facing serious problems brought about by oil dependence. Reducing oil consumption provides an opportunity to increase competitiveness,technological development, and progress. Wind energy is currently the most cost-competitive form of renewable energy, and there are strong political and industrial forces(particularly in northern ...
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