Article Category: Special Issue Title: Coastal, Offshore and Ocean Engineering
Published Online: May 23, 2017
Page range: 4 - 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0014
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The physical modelling of subsoil behaviour and soil-structure interaction is essential for the proper design of offshore structures and port infrastructure. A brief introduction to such modelling of geoengineering problems is presented and some methods and experimental devices are described. The relationships between modelling scales are given. Some examples of penetration testing results in centrifuge and calibration chamber are presented. Prospects for physical modelling in geotechnics are also described.