Offshore Geotechnical Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Offshore Geotechnical Engineering (subject code 3734306) as prescribed for GE · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 27 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3734306)Unit 1 Marine soil deposits
- Offshore environment
- Offshore structures and foundations
- Specific problems related to marine soil deposits
- Physical and engineering properties of marine soils
Unit 2 Wave and Wind Mechanics
- Wave generation process
- small and finite amplitude wave theories
- Wave forces on vertical
- inclined cylinders
- structures – current forces and use of Morison equation
- Effect of wave loading on offshore foundations
- Behavior of sands and clays under cyclic loading
- Laboratory experiments including repeated loading
- Cyclic behavior of soils based on fundamental theory of mechanics
Unit 3 Geotechnical Investigation for Offshore foundations
- Challenges of site investigation in marine environment
- Different site investigation techniques
- sampling techniques
- Geophysical methods
- Recent advancements in site investigation and sampling used for marine soil deposits
Unit 4 Numerical modeling of Offshore foundations subjected to wave
- loading: Numerical modeling of cyclic behavior of soils
- empirical models
- elastic-plastic models
- FEM analysis of marine foundations subjected to wave loading
Unit 5 Offshore Foundations
- Different offshore and nearshore foundations
- Gravity platforms
- Jack-up rigs
- pile foundations. cassions
- spudcans CIVIL (Geotechnical ENGINEERING) (43) Subject Code: 3734306 w.e.f
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