Fig. 1. Experimental setup of suction bucket installation test
Fig. 2. Comparison of jacking and suction installation
Fig. 3. Installations with different wall thickness: (a) suction pressure with depth; (b) seepage flow with depth
Fig. 4. soil plug heave with different wall thickness
Fig. 5. Installations with different flow rate: (a) suction pressure with depth; (b) seepage flow with depth
Fig. 6. soil plug heave with different flow rate
Fig. 7. Installations with self weight: (a) suction pressure with depth; (b) soil plug heave
Fig. 8. Variation of permeability ratio due to suction installation
Table 1. Geotechnical properties of tested soils (after Kim et al., 2016)
Table 2. Testing conditions
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