Three instrumented granite rocks were buried at 2-, 3-, and 4-foot depths at the 78-foot range from ground zero in the 100-ton AN/FO (ammonium nitrate-fuel oil) test conducted at the Defence Research Establishment Suffield (DRES), Ralston, Alberta, Canada on 28 August 1969. The test was part of a study to access the vulnerability of buried cables to damage by rock inclusions in soil. The objective of the test was to ...
This paper presents the results of a literature search to explore the adaptability for deep ocean use of present subaqueous concrete placement methods. The advantages and disadvantages of each of the following methods are discussed: tremie, bottom-dump bucket, prepacked, Fabriform, precast, and pumped concrete. The logical manner of comparing methods is by prototypic construction in the deep ocean. (Author)
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