Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0774006

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0774006

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The micro-thermo-mechanics of sand crushing in geotechnical collapse problems. Oil and gas exploration is a major industry in Australia. Collapse problems in the soil to which structures such as oil rigs are anchored are a major challenge, involving issues of safety, longevity and maintenance. Research on this topic has been devoted to non-crushable sands, but Australia's offshore seabed is rich in breakable calcareous sediments. We will create a novel theory and visualisation techniques that will allow us to gain a deep understanding of sand crushing and will be a major step towards minimising the occurrence of catastrophic failures in the offshore oil and gas industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-05-2007

End Date: 30-06-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $280,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geomechanics | Geotechnical Engineering | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy | Mining Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oil and gas | Oil and gas | Other

Other Keywords

Geomechanics | Geotechnical Engineering | Mining Engineering | Oil and gas | Other | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

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