Martyn Campbell, Jee Ltd, UK, discusses how to optimise rock berm design. Rocks are often placed over subsea pipelines or cables to achieve stability. While various grades of rock are used to weigh down and shield the pipeline. However, the same key questions arise in all operations of this kind. How much rock is required? What size of rock is needed? And what is the optimum size of the rock berm?
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