The present invention discloses a device used in laboratories to measure horizontal displacement of soil around a region to be treated by vacuum preloading, comprising a box; dredger fill is injected into the box; a vertical drainage board and a vacuum pumping tube are buried within soil in the region to be treated, with the vacuum pumping tube being provided with a vacuum degree detector, the vacuum pumping tube being connected to the plastic drainage board and to a vacuum pump, and a seal membrane covering or wrapping soil in the region to be treated; a loading device is provided above the seal membrane to assist the drainage; transverse tubes are inserted into a side of the box, the transverse tubes being in surrounding soil of the region to be treated; an annular sensing source which is movable along the transverse tubes together with soil is sleeved on the transverse tubes; each of the transverse tubes is provided with a sensing instrument, and the sensing instrument is connected with a sensor which can be inserted into the transverse tube; when the sensor reaches the sensing source, an alarm signal is sent, and in this way, the different positions of the sensing source at different moments of time are determined. The present invention further provides a measurement method by using the device as described above. By the device used in laboratories to measure horizontal displacement of soil around a region to be treated by vacuum preloading, the amount of displacement of soil around the foundation when treated by vacuum preloading can be accurately obtained.

The invention relates to a marine structure comprising a foundation system with three or more suction buckets. The suction buckets are designed to be installed in the seafloor to operate as a foundation or part of it to support an offshore structure resting onto the seafloor. The suction buckets support a connector body and the connector body is designed to support a payload. The invention also relates to a method of installing a suction bucket. During the method, the suction bucket bottom penetrates the seafloor and fluid is removed from the suction space such that penetration proceeds by suction.

The present disclosure provides an annular anchor installing instrument and an annular anchor installing method, relating to the technical field of ocean engineering. The annular anchor installing instrument includes an installation tube, a pump body assembly, a lifting portion and an installation portion. One end of the installation tube is provided with a cover body, and the other end of the installation tube is configured to be an open end for cooperating with the top of the annular anchor. The pump body assembly is arranged on the cover body, and used to vacuum the interior of the installation tube. The lifting portion is arranged on the cover body, and used to connect with a hoist. The installation portions are removably arranged on the cover body, and used to connect with the hoist and the anchor chain of the annular anchor, respectively.

The present disclosure provides an annular anchor, a method for calculating antitorque bearing strength thereof and an installing and recycling assemble for the anchor, relating to the technical field of ocean engineering. The annular anchor includes an anchor body opened at its upper and lower ends, and a connection portion arranged on the outer side wall of said anchor body for connecting with parts to be moored. The annular anchor provided by the present disclosure omits the top cover as the structure prevailing in the traditional suction anchor, avoiding the drawback of installing the traditional suction anchor on the seabed, instead the annular anchor can be installed to a certain depth below the seabed. During the descent, there is no need to take into account the resistance caused by the top cover, so that the annular anchor can be installed simply and quickly.

A method to manufacture a native soil flowable fill includes hydro excavating native soil to form a hole at a first excavation, transferring the native soil from the first excavation to a debris tank, and adding a pozzolan component, cement and water to the debris tank. The method also includes mixing the native soil in the debris tank using a mixing apparatus to form the native soil flowable fill, and transferring the native soil flowable fill back to the first excavation into the hole. The native soil flowable fill comprises 30-90% by weight of native soil, 0-50% by weight of the added pozzolan component, 0-50% by weight of the cement, and 10-45% by weight of the water.

An anchoring system installed on a bottom of a body of water. The anchoring system has a tube sheet with an access tube defining a flow channel therethrough. One or more water tubes pass through the tube sheet. Each of the water tubes defining a longitudinal channel through the tube sheet. Each longitudinal channel has an open end at the top side and a closed end below the bottom side. A plurality of flow channels pass through the tube sheet. A skirt extends from the bottom of the tube sheet and defines a volume within the skirt encompassing at least a portion of the water tubes and the flow channels. A shock absorber is coupled to the closed end of at least one of the plurality of water tubes. The anchoring system is installed using negative pressure and extracted using positive pressure.

A system to manufacture a native soil flowable fill onsite includes hydro excavation equipment having a suction hose. In addition, the system includes a plurality of onsite debris tanks, where each onsite debris tank is configured to be coupled separately to the suction hose and to store native soil vacuumed from an adjacent hole at an onsite excavation. The system also includes a mixing apparatus inside each of the onsite debris tanks configured to mix the native soil from the adjacent hole with additional components to form a native soil flowable fill for the respective adjacent hole.

A subsea foundation system and a method of connecting a lower pipe portion to a subsea foundation are provided. The method includes: providing the subsea foundation, an upper pipe portion being connected to the subsea foundation, deploying the subsea foundation subsea; and connecting the lower pipe portion to the upper pipe portion. The subsea foundation system includes: the subsea foundation; the upper pipe portion connected to the subsea foundation, and the lower pipe portion. The lower pipe portion can be connected to the upper pipe portion subsea. The lower pipe portion may be connected to the subsea foundation in a stowed position before deployment subsea. The lower pipe portion may be connected to a pull-in arrangement before deployment subsea.

An anchoring system using hollow piles connected with a cap, the hollow piles open at the top and closed at the bottom. A skirt extends from the cap. In use, the anchoring system is lowered to an ocean floor and a suction element removes water and ocean floor material from under the cap to lower the anchoring system into the ocean floor. Flexible walls at closed ends of the hollow piles may provide pressure differentials separating the undersea pressure to which the interiors of the hollow piles are exposed from air chambers at the closed ends of the piles at substantially lower pressures.

A system is for establishing a collection of well foundations, the well foundations being formed of suction-foundation units arranged to be driven down into an unconsolidated mass. An alignment template includes several through cut-outs, each arranged to receive a suction-foundation unit. The alignment template placed over the unconsolidated mass, forms a means of positioning the suction-foundation units before the suction-foundation units are driven down into the unconsolidated mass. A method of establishing a collection of well foundations is described as well.