Development of a force-resultant model for spudcan footings on loose sand under combined loads

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Funding Acknowledgements

The first author acknowledges the support of the Australian Postgraduate Awards. The second author acknowledges the support of the Australian Research Council (ARC) through his Australian Laureate Fellowship (FL130100059) and to the Lloyd's Register Foundation (LRF). LRF, a UK registered charity and sole shareholder of Lloyd's Register Group Ltd, invests in science, engineering and technology for public benefit, worldwide. The authors thank the following colleagues and technical staff at the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems at The University of Western Australia who provided invaluable support during the instrumentation of the centrifuge test: Shane De Catania, Bart Thompson, Youhu Zhang, and Conleth O'Loughlin.