Accession Number:

AD0837647

Title:

OCEAN BOTTOM BREAKOUT FORCES. INCLUDING FIELD TEST DATA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANALYTICAL METHOD

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Jul 1965-Jun 1967

Corporate Author:

NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA

Personal Author(s):

• Muga, Bruce J.

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

155.0

Abstract:

Theoretical and experimental studies were conducted in order to arrive at some appropriate engineering estimates of the force required to extract bodies of various sizes and shapes from the ocean bottom sediments. A review of the literature concerned with breakout forces is presented. Results yielded by the empirical formula agreed very well with a complicated theoretical procedure based on an iterative solution of a lumped parameter model of the ocean bottom. Solutions were obtained for various load conditions and bottom object geometries.

Descriptors:

• *MARINE ENGINEERING
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• PREDICTIONS
• VISCOELASTICITY
• CLAY
• SITE SELECTION
• SUBMARINES
• OCEAN MODELS
• OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY
• DEEP WATER
• OCEAN BOTTOM
• SEDIMENTATION
• FORCE(MECHANICS)
• MUD
• SALVAGE

Subject Categories:

• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE