A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF SUBSEA FOUNDATIONS
An underwater pile foundation comprises a pump in fluid communication with an internal chamber of the pile to pump water out of or into the chamber. This reduces or increases the pressure of water in the chamber relative to ambient pressure of water outside the chamber during installation or removal of the pile. While that pumping phase is ongoing, and potentially before or after that pumping phase, a pressure variator in fluid communication with the chamber imparts oscillations in the pressure of the water in the chamber. The resulting pressure waves in water within the chamber reduce resistance to movement of the pile relative to soil in which the pile is embedded.
INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF SUBSEA FOUNDATIONS
An underwater pile foundation comprises a pump in fluid communication with an internal chamber of the pile to pump water out of or into the chamber. This reduces or increases the pressure of water in the chamber relative to ambient pressure of water outside the chamber during installation or removal of the pile. While that pumping phase is ongoing, and potentially before or after that pumping phase, a pressure variator in fluid communication with the chamber imparts oscillations in the pressure of the water in the chamber. The resulting pressure waves in water within the chamber reduce resistance to movement of the pile relative to soil in which the pile is embedded.
INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF SUBSEA FOUNDATIONS
HAMDAN NAWRAS (author) / OLSEN CHRISTIAN LINDE (author)
2025-02-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E02D
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