CONTENTS 



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1. INTRODUCTION 1 



1.1 BACKGROUND 2 



1.2 CEL PROPELLANT-EMBEDDED ANCHORS 4 



1.3 RELATED REPORTS 4 



1.3.1 Anchor Holding Capacity 4 



1.3.2 Site Survey . 7 



1.3.3 Penetration 7 



1.3.4 Anchor Siting and Verification 8 



1.3.5 Anchors 8 



1.3.6 Sediments 9 



1.4 GUIDE TO THIS DOCUMENT 10 



2. SITE SURVEY 13 



2.1 SITE-SURVEY REQUIREMENTS 13 



2.2 RECOMMENDED SITE SURVEY 15 



2.2.1 Deep Water 15 



2.2.2 Shallow Water 17 



2.3 RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES WHEN SITE 



SURVEY IS LIMITED 17 



2.3.1 Near-Shore Areas 18 



2.3.2 Deep Ocean Areas 18 



2.3.3 Terrigenous Sediments 19 



2.3.4 Sediment Property Selection 23 



2.4 HAZARDOUS/UNUSUAL CONDITIONS 30 



3. PENETRATION 33 



3.1 COHESIVE SOILS 33 



3.2 COHESIONLESS SOILS 37 



4. FLUKE KEYING 39 



5. STATIC HOLDING CAPACITY 41 



5.1 SHORT-TERM STATIC LOADING 41 



5.1.1 Cohesive Soil 41 



5.1.2 Cohesionless Soil 43 



5.2 LONG-TERM STATIC LOADING 43 



5.2.1 Cohesive Soil 44 



5.2.2 Cohesionless Soil 46 



