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Project Number 60
Date of Summary June 30, 1985
Subject Tension Pile Test, Joint Industry Project
Performing Activity Conoco
Principal Investigator Dr. Jack Chan
Contracting Agency Sandia National Laboratories
Estimated Completion Completed
Description This is a Joint Industry Project (JIP) sponsored jointly by MMS, Conoco, Chevron, ABS, DOE of the United Kingdom, and Det Norske Veritas (DNV). The objective of the research program was to improve the understanding of pile-soil interaction during cyclic tension loading. The project has two parts: a laboratory model pile test program for investigation of model pile segments subjected to realistic loading conditions and a field test program composed of both small and large scale instrumented pile tests. The field test was conducted from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico in the West Delta, Block 58 location. Based on the testing program, analytical procedures was developed for the general design of tension leg platform foundations.
Progress Completed. The proprietary period for the reports has ended.
Reports
AA File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (106 pages) Hauge, K., Kvalstad, T. J., Tension Pile Planning Study, Final Report, Report No. 81-0587, Det Norske Veritas, Oslo, Norway, August 28, 1981.
AB File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (182 pages)
AB2 File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (62 pages)		 Matlock, H., Leake, D. F., Audibert, J. M. E., Tension Pile Planning Study, Final Technical Report, Ertec, Inc., Houston, Texas, August 28, 1981.
ACFile in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (34 pages) Proposal for Geotechnical Investigation, Platform `A` Conductor Pullout Test Location, Block 58, West Delta Area, Gulf of Mexico, McClelland Engineers, Inc., Report No. P 0180-0217, September 1, 1981.
AD File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (9 pages) Conoco Tension Pile, CNRD 13-1, NTH Geotechnic Report 0.81.16, September 1981.
AE File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (11 pages) Comments on the Tension Pile Planning Study, CNRD 13-1, NGI Report No. 81222-1, October 6, 1981.
AF File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (71 pages) Geotechnical Investigation, West Delta Area, Gulf of Mexico, McClelland Engineers, Inc., Report No. 0l8l-0217, May 4, 1982.
AG File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (187 pages) Site Investigation and Soil Characterization Study at Block 58 West Delta Area Gulf of Mexico, Ertec, Inc., Report No. 82-200-1, April 1982.
AH File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (57 pages) Triaxial and Odometer Tests on Cylinder Nos. 71 and 119 from McClelland's Boring 5, NTH Geotechnic Report No. 0.82.02-1, May 1982.
AI File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (66 pages) Block 58, West Delta Area, Gulf of Mexico, Laboratory Report, NGI Report No. 81222-2, June 18, 1982.
AJ File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (38 pages) Description of Test Procedures and Equipment for Laboratory Model Pile Test, Veritas Report No. 82-0302, June 20, 1982.
AK File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (10 pages) Review of Ertec's Report No. 82-200-1, `Site Investigation and Soil Characterization Study at Block 58, West Delta Area, Gulf of Mexico`, Veritas Technical Note No. 23-82-01, June 28, 1982.
AL File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (18 pages) Comments to Segment Test Program, Veritas Technical Note No. 23- 82-02, July 19, 1982.
AM File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (23 pages) Prediction of Small Scale (3`) Segment Pile Test Results, Veritas Technical Note No. 23-82-03, July 19, 1982.
AN File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (8 pages) Revised Model Test Program; Veritas Technical Note No. 23-82-04, July 28, 1982.
AO File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (38 pages) Plan for Performing Offshore Small-Diameter Pile Segment Tests, Ertec, Inc. Project No. 82-200-02, August 19, 1982.
AP File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (16 pages) Prediction of Static Behavior of 3` Diameter Segment Pile, NTH Geotechnical Division Report No. 08-82-02, September 1, 1982.
AQ File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (23 pages) Segment Pile Test, Prediction of Response During Pile Installation and Monotonic Static Axial Loading, NGI Report No. 81222-3, September 1, 1982.
AR File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (184 pages) Final Report on Small-Diameter Pile Segment Tests, Ertec, Inc., Report No. 82-200-03, June 1983.
AS File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (131 pages) Design Drawings and Specifications for the Physical Test System, Volume 1, The Earth Technology Corporation, Report No. 82-200-01, Houston, Texas, August 1983.
AT File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (59 pages) Plan for Performing Offshore Large-Diameter Pile and Small- Diameter Pile Segment Tests, The Earth Technology Corporation, Houston, Texas, August 1983.
AU File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (26 pages) Plan for Performing Offshore Long-Term Small-Diameter Pile Segment Tests and Large-Diameter Pile Load Tests, The Earth Technology Corporation, Houston, Texas, March 1984.
AV File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (885 pages) Hauge, K., CNRD 132: Tension Pile Study, Final Report, Volume 1: Laboratory Model Pile Tests, Theoretical Development, Predictions, Volume 2: Appendices A to E, Volume 3: Appendices F to L, Report No. 843361, Veritec, Hovik, Norway, June 29, 1984.
 

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