Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Submarine soils: Origin, nature and distribution. Terrigenic and pelagic soils. Submarine soils of India. Engineering behaviour of submarine soils: under-consolidated soils, calcareous soils, cemented soils, corals; Offshore site investigations: sampling and sampling disturbance, insitu testing, wireline technology. Offshore pile foundations for jacket type structures. Foundations of gravity structures; Foundations for jackup rigs. Anchors and breakout forces; anchor systems for floating structures. Stability of submarine slopes. Installation and stability of submarine pipelines.