OTRC Principal Investigator Publication Listing

Principal Investigator:

Roy Olson

Journal Articles, Reports and Conference Papers

Luke, A. M., A. F. Rauch, R. E. Olson, and E. C. Mecham (2005), “Components of Suction Caisson Capacity Measured in Axial Pullout Tests”, Journal of Ocean Engineering, Elsevier (in press)

El-Sherbiny, R. M, Olson, R. E., Gilbert, R. B, and Vanka, S. K. (2005), “Capacity of suction caissons under inclined loading in normally consolidated clay”, Proceeding of the International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, Perth, Australia, September

Coffman, R. A., El-Sherbiny, R. M., Rauch, A. F., and Olson, R. E. (2004). “Measured horizontal capacity of suction caissons.” Paper No. OTC 16161, Proc., 2004 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May, 10 pages.

Luke, A. M., Rauch, A. F., Olson, R. E., and Mecham, E. C. (2003). “Behavior of suction caissons measured in laboratory pullout tests.” Paper No. OMAE2003-37023, Proc., 22nd Intern. Conf. on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Eng., ASME, Cancun, Mexico, June, 9 pages

Olson, R. E., Rauch, A. F., Mecham, E. C., and Luke, A. M. (2003), “Self-weight consolidation of large laboratory deposits of clay.” Proc., 12th Panamerican Conf. Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Eng., Cambridge, Massachusetts, June, pp. 703-708

Luke, A. M., Rauch, A. F., Olson, R. E., and Mecham, E. C. (2003), “Components of suction caisson capacity measured in axial pullout tests.” Proc., OTRC 2003 Intern. Symposium: Deep Water Moorings; Concepts, Design, Analysis and Materials, Zhang and Mercier (eds.), Houston, Texas, October, pp. 1-12

Olson, R. E., Rauch, A.F., Gilbert, R. B., Tassoulas, J.L., Aubeny, C.P., Murff, J.D.  (2001). "Toward the Design of New Technologies for Deep-water Anchorages," Proc., 11th Intl. Offshore & Polor Eng. Conf., ISOPE, Vol. IV, Stravanger, Norway, June. pp. 643-649.

El-Gharbawy, S., and Olson, R. E., "Suction Anchor Installations for Deep Gulf of Mexico Applications", Proc., Offshore Technology Conference, Paper OTC 10992, 1999.

El-Gharbawy, S., and Olson, R.E., "Suction Caisson Foundations in the Gulf of Mexico," Analysis, Design, Construction and Testing of Deep Foundations, J.M. Roesset ed., pp. 281-295, 1999.

El-Gharbawy, S., and Olson, R.E., "The Cyclic Pullout Capacity of Suction Caisson Foundations," Proceedings, ISOPE Conference, Brest, France, Vol. 1, 1999.

Olson, R. E., and Iskander, M. G., "Axial Load Capacity of Piles in Sand", Proc., Fourth Intern. Conf. on Case Histories in Geot. Engr., Vol. 1, pp. 293-300, 1998.

El-Gharbawy, S., and Olson, R. E., "Behavior of Suction Caissons in the Marine Enviornment", Proc., Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1998.

El-Gharbawy, S., and Olson, R. E., "Laboratory Modeling of Suction Caisson Foundations", Proc., ISOPE Conference, Montreal, Vol. 1, pp. 537-542, 1998.

El-Gharbawy, S., and Olson, R. E., "The Pullout Capacity of Suction Caisson Foundations for Tension Leg Platforms", Proc., ISOPE Conference, Montreal, Vol. 1, pp. 531-536, 1998.

Iskander, M. G., and R. E. Olson (1997), “Behavior of Open Ended Pipe Piles in Sand During Installation and Loading”, Proc., XIV Intern. Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 991-995.

Goldberg, A.D. and Olson, R.E., "Design and Construction of a Model Suction Pile," OTRC Report, June 1994.

Olson, R. E., and M. G. Iskander (1994), “Axial Load Capacity of Piles in Sand”, Advanced Technology in Civil Engineering, ASCE-Saudi Arabian Section, Manama, Bahrain, pp. 383-394.

Iskander, M.G., Olson, R.E. and Pavlicek, R.W., "Behavior of Suction Piles in Sand," Design and Performance of Deep Foundations, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 38, pp 157-171, 1993.

Iskander, M.G., Olson, R.E. and Pavlicek, R.M., "Installation and Pull Out Tests on Suction Piles," ASCE Session on Offshore Pile Foundations, Dallas, October 1993.

Jones, W.C., Iskander, M.G., Olson, R.E. and Goldberg, A.D., "Axial Capacity of Suction Piles in Sand," ASCE Session on Offshore Pile Foundations, Dallas, October 1993.

Iskander, M. and Olson, R.E., "Review of API Guidelines for Pipe Piles in Sand," Civil Engineering in the Oceans V, ASCE Specialty Conference, pp. 798-812, 1992.

Olson, R.E., “Axial Load Capacity of Steel Pipe Piles in Sand,” Proceedings, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas,  OTC Paper No. 6419, May, 1990.

Theses and Dissertations

El-Sherbiny, Rami M. (2005), “Performance of Suction Caisson Anchors in Normally Consolidated Clay”, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, Austin, August

Vanka, Sandeep Reddy (2004), “Laboratory Tests to Estimate Strength Profile of Normally consolidated Kaolinite”, M.S. thesis, University of Texas, Austin, TX.

Coffman, Richard A. (2003). “Horizontal capacity of suction caissons in normally consolidated kaolinite.” M. S. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, December 

Pedersen, Robert C. (2001), “Model Offshore Soil Deposit: Design, Preparation, and Characterization” M. S. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, May

Iskander, M. “Axial Load Capacity of Open-Ended Pipe Piles in Sand,” Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, August 1995.

Iskander, M.G. “An Experimental Facility to Model the Behavior of Steel Pipe Piles in Sand,” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, December 1995.

Goldberg, A.D., "Load Capacity of Suction Piles in Clay," M.S. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, August 1994.

Jones, W.C., "Axial Capacity of Suction Piles In Sand," M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas in Austin, August 1994.

Pavlicek, R., "Investigation of Axial Tensile Load Capacity of Suction Piles," M.S. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, May 1993.

Malhotra, S., "Equipment for Axial Load Testing of Model Open-Ended Pipe Piles in Sand," M.S. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, December 1991.