OTRC Principal Investigator Publication Listing

Principal Investigator:

Alan Rauch

Journal Articles, Reports and Conference Papers

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

Pedersen, R. C., Olson, R. E., and Rauch, A. F. (2003). “Shear and interface strength of clay at very low effective stress.” Geotechnical Testing J., ASTM, Vol. 26, No. 1, March, pp. 71-78.

Olson, R. E., Rauch, A. F., Luke, A. M., Maniar, D. R., Tassoulas, J. L., and Mecham, E. C. (2003). “Soil reconsolidation following the installation of suction caissons.” Paper No. OTC 15263, Proc., 2003 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May, in press.

Rauch, A. F., Olson, R. E., Luke, A. M., and Mecham, E. C. (2003). “Measured response during laboratory installation of suction caissons.” Proc., 13th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conf., ISOPE-2003, Honolulu, Hawaii, May, in press.

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 Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June, in press.

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

Rauch, A. F., Olson, R.E., Mecham, E. C., Pedersen, R.C. (2001). "A Laboratory Facility for Testing Model Suction Caissons." Proc., OTRC 2001 Intl Conf. on Geotechnical, Geological, Geophysical Properties Deepwater Sediments, Hou, Tx, April. pp. 198-216.

Olson, R. E., Rauch, A. F., Gilbert, R. B., Tassoulas, J. L., Aubeny, C. P., and Murff, J. D. (2001). “Toward the design of new technologies for deep-water anchorages.” Proc., 11th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conf., ISOPE-2001, Vol. IV, Stavanger, Norway, June, pp. 643-649.

Theses and Dissertations

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

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