“A Gas Pipeline Buried in Flooded Soil held with Anchorages” is described by Prof. Pierre Habib of Ecole Polytechnique. Pierre Habib argued that the classical way to hold a burried pipeline is to add weight on it, generally concrete. This solution is a good one but have drawback, especially when it is necessary to repair the protective layer. He then describes a large diameter new gas pipeline 13 km long buried in flooded area and held with kerlav anchorages to prevent uplift tube movements owing to buoyancy. On an earlier occasion in 1981, Prof. Habib gave an excellent lecture at AIT on Anchors Used in Offshore Engineering. Prof. Habib, a past-President of ISRM is loved by all who knows him well and has made nearly five decades of contributions to our subject.
