Significant cost savings with automated design and 3D FELA for slope stability
Significant cost savings with automated design and 3D FELA for slope stability
This paper will investigate the benefit of a recently developed algorithm for automated design of the iterative process to design rock berms in iceberg plough marks. The paper will use manually designed berms from the past and compare them to results of an automated design. Further, the paper will investigate the difference between a conventional 2D design of a rock berm in iceberg plough marks to 3D finite element limit analysis. Finally, automated design is developed and tested for split berm design where a bottom layer is installed early, and the top layer is installed later to utilize the consolidated shear strength of the clay. The paper will document that significant cost saving is possible due to reduction in rock tonnage used for rock berms with counter fills.
C. Olsen; Danial Gorgani; Magnus Todnem; K. Krabbenhoft
5th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG2025)
17 - Design Standards, Certification and Risk Mitigation
https://doi.org/10.53243/ISFOG2025-73
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