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Geotechnics
Offshore geotechnical investigations typically involve a combination of field and laboratory testing. The piezocone penetration test has gained wide acceptance in offshore engineering practice. Piezocone readings can also be used either separately or together for deriving geotechnical properties through semiempirical correlations that have been developed for a wide range of sediments. The piezocones used with the Penfeld system were developed with the capability of measuring the mass density of sediments using a radioactive source and an appropriate detector. An ultrasonic fork has also been especially developed to carry out acoustic soundings with the Penfeld system. The acoustic soundings reported by Sultan revealed increases in compressional wave velocity that proved useful in confirming the presence of hydrates as inferred from piezocone soundings. This is a corollary to the fact that acoustic detection of gas hydrates is possible because their presence tends to stiffen the sediment.
Geotechnics
Offshore geotechnical investigations typically involve a combination of field and laboratory testing. The piezocone penetration test has gained wide acceptance in offshore engineering practice. Piezocone readings can also be used either separately or together for deriving geotechnical properties through semiempirical correlations that have been developed for a wide range of sediments. The piezocones used with the Penfeld system were developed with the capability of measuring the mass density of sediments using a radioactive source and an appropriate detector. An ultrasonic fork has also been especially developed to carry out acoustic soundings with the Penfeld system. The acoustic soundings reported by Sultan revealed increases in compressional wave velocity that proved useful in confirming the presence of hydrates as inferred from piezocone soundings. This is a corollary to the fact that acoustic detection of gas hydrates is possible because their presence tends to stiffen the sediment.
Geotechnics
Ruffine, Livio (editor) / Broseta, Daniel (editor) / Desmedt, Arnaud (editor)
Gas Hydrates 2 ; 49-55
2018-04-30
7 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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