Reserve Capacity Design Method (RCDM) for Deepwater Piled Foundations
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 118, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper presents a new design methodology for long, offshore piles. The paper defines the soil‐pile “reserve capacity” available after cyclic degradation due to storm wave loading. The reserve capacity design method (RCDM) involves (1) Definition of the static and cyclic soil‐pile, load‐deflection behavior; (2) evaluation of the initial static and the cyclically degraded pile capacities; and (3) determination of the reserve capacity of the pile to resist the design loads. The use of the method is demonstrated in the paper through an example problem for a typical tension leg platform located at a deepwater Gulf of Mexico soft‐clay site.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 118 • Issue 1 • January 1992
Pages: 32 - 42
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Copyright © 1992 ASCE.
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Published online: Jan 1, 1992
Published in print: Jan 1992
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