This report provides interim guidelines for designers of dynamically loaded seafloor foundations and anchors based on available knowledge of terrestrial and seafloor soils. Investigations of the response of selected seafloor soils to dynamically induced forces are reported, and the development of standardized design procedures for propellant-actuated direct embedment anchors is presented. These procedures must account for the strength of seafloor soils over the short and the long term around a seafloor embedment anchor sustaining static and dynamic loads. Important findings were that the soil parameters relevant to the holding capacity of deeply embedded propellant-actuated anchors are: soil moduli, creep, suction, cyclic strength loss, stress-strain relationships under dynamic loading, and responses to shock and slow loading. Some anchor-related parameters are: (a) the anchor embedment depth, buoyant weight, angle-of-line pull, and size and shape of flukes; and (b) magnitudes of the static and dynamic components of loading and the dynamic loading period for loads produced in the line by current fluctuations, waves, vortex shedding, impact, or line snap, and for loads produced more or less simultaneously in the line and the sediment by earthquakes or underwater blasts. It is recommended that planners use the interim design guidelines in this report for the engineering of embedment anchors to sustain dynamic loading until revised guidelines are developed. Field data from dynamically loaded embedment anchor moorings in actual use and other operating seafloor structures should be collected over extended periods of time for use in verifying and refining the present design methods. Revised guidelines should be available in 1978. (Author).

This book provides a comprehensive guide for the analysis and design of anchor systems used for mooring offshore floating structures. Much of the experience is based on applications toward the offshore oil and gas industry, but the substantial potential for offshore renewable energy systems is addressed. The major types of anchors are described with respect to their basic design concept, advantages and limitations, appropriate framework for analysis, and observed performance. This book addresses all aspects of anchor behaviour related to anchor design including the installation performance, load capacity, deformation, and structural integrity of the anchor itself. Coverage is also provided of appurtenant components of anchor systems, in particular of anchor line/chain mechanics in the soil and water columns. Much of the material presented represents relatively new developments, including several new anchors which have been developed within the last decade, so the book will provide a useful compendium of information is largely scattered in journals and conference proceedings. This book is intended for engineers engaged in offshore geotechnics and marine engineers involved in mooring system and floating structure design. While the analytical methods presented in this text have a strong theoretical basis, the emphasis is on simplified computational formats accessible to design engineers.