In general, the ultimate bearing capacity (UBC) of shallow foundations on unsaturated soils is characterized by conventional shear strength (SS) parameters in which saturated theories are applied. However, this case, it clear that designed using obtained values from cases not be economical. recent years, procedures have been developed to estimate UBC soils, take into account drained and undrain...

The geotechnical design of partially mobile subsea foundations (mudmats) for pipeline/flowline end terminals (PLETs) is presented in this paper. A mudmat represents a fit-for-purpose engineering solution that has significant commercial competitiveness. lies between fully anchored (which designed negligible movements but may be too large, causing installation issues or requiring corner piles to ...