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A novel spudcan for easing spudcan-footprint interaction issues
M Jun, Y Kim, MS Hossain, M Cassidy, Y Hu, J Won, J Park
Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering OMAE | AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS | Published : 2016
Abstract
The interaction between a spudcan and an existing footprint is one of the major concerns during jack-up rig installation, especially in the surface clay layer. No guidance was provided in the recently finalised version of ISO guidelines 19905-1 [1] in regards to mitigating spudcan-footprint interaction issues except some proposed considerations due to the lack of detailed investigations. This paper reports a measure for easing spudcan-footprint interaction issues, with the efficiency of a novel spudan shape tested through 3D large deformation finite element (LDFE) analyses. The LDFE analyses using the Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) approach in the commercial finite element package ABAQUS...
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The research presented herein was undertaken with support from the Australian Research Council (ARC) through the Linkage Project LP140100066. The third author is an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow and is supported by the ARC Project DE140100903. The work forms part of the activities of the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS), currently supported as a node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Geotechnical Science and Engineering and as a Centre of Excellence by the Lloyd's Register Foundation. This support is gratefully acknowledged.