Spudcan bearing capacity calculation of the offshore jack-up drilling platform during the preloading process

To predict the penetration depth of the offshore jack-up drilling platform during the preloading process, the fluid-solid coupling theory was introduced to establish the finite element model of the soil-spudcan system in saturated clay. With this model, the spudcan bearing capacity factor was numeri...

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Main Authors: Puyang Zhang, Xiaoyang Yu, Hongyan Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2011-10-01
Series:Petroleum Exploration and Development
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380411600608