Finite element analysis of the Nerlerk underwater berm failures

• Published in: Géotechnique
• Main Authors: Hicks, M. A., Boughrarou, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Thomas Telford Ltd. 1998
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Canada; Mer de Beaufort; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/geot.1998.48.2.169; https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.1680/geot.1998.48.2.169

Finite element analyses have been carried out to investigate the possible causes of failure, during construction, of the Nerlerk underwater berm– a hydraulically placed sand slope, designed to form part of a bottom-founded offshore oil exploration platform at Nerlerk in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Th...