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Cyclic loading is an important aspect of offshore design because the environmental loading during extreme storm conditions generally dominates compared with the permanent loading. In most cases the focus for assessing the effect of cyclic loading is on quantifying the reduction in shear strength (and hence foundation capacity), although assessment of cumulative deformations under cyclic loading may also be critical for some designs. The chapter describes how a systematically planned programme of laboratory tests may be used to construct failure envelopes, or in a more general sense contours of cumulative shear strain as a function of normalised shear stress levels and number of cycles.
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Randolph, M.F. (2012). Offshore Design Approaches and Model Tests for Sub-Failure Cyclic Loading of Foundations. In: Di Prisco, C., Wood, D.M. (eds) Mechanical Behaviour of Soils Under Environmentally Induced Cyclic Loads. CISM Courses and Lectures, vol 534. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1068-3_9
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