ABSTRACT
As the use of offshore foundations increases, new methodologies need to be developed to characterize and analyze offshore structural components with respect to dynamic loads. Trochanis (1991) presented the response of laterally loaded piles by using ABAQUS and compared the results with a threedimensional finite-element method (FEM) model. Kazama & Nogami (1991) illustrated the importance of the load frequency on the dynamic behavior of saturated soil. Chang et al. (2000) analyzed a timedependent damping model. In this paper, a parametric study of an offshore foundation has been carried out by using FEM with presence of pore pressure subjected to dynamic load is presented.
