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Atzampou, P. (author), Meijers, P.C. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)Current offshore wind turbine installation and positioning methods require mechanical equipment attached on the lifted components and human intervention. The present paper studies the development of a contactless motion compensation technique by investigating a magnetically controlled pendulum. The technique involves the interaction of a...journal article 2024
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Molenkamp, T. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)Offshore wind energy holds significant promise as a solution in the energy transition. However, installing offshore pile foundations can generate substantial levels of underwater noise, posing potential risks to marine life. This paper examines the influence of asymmetric impact forces and pile inclination on producing underwater noise and...journal article 2024
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Molenkamp, T. (author), Tsetas, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)Vibratory offshore pile driving offers a potential solution for reducing the underwater noise generated during the installation of foundation piles compared to using impact hammers. Existing noise prediction models are specifically tailored to impact pile driving scenarios. This paper introduces a novel methodology for underwater noise...journal article 2024
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Molenkamp, T. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)The growing interest in offshore wind leads to an increasing number of wind farms planned to be constructed in the coming years. Installation of these piles often causes high underwater noise levels that harm aquatic life. State-of-the-art models have problems predicting the noise and seabed vibrations from vibratory pile driving. A significant...journal article 2023
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Peng, Y. (author), Jarquin Laguna, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author)Underwater noise from offshore pile driving has raised significant concerns over its ecological impact on marine life. To protect the marine environment and maintain the sustainable development of wind energy, strict governmental regulations are imposed. Assessment and mitigation of underwater noise are usually required to ensure that sound...journal article 2023
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Atzampou, P. (author), Meijers, P.C. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)The present study introduces a modified version of PD Control for the<br/>case of a magnetically controlled pendulum. The response was observed in both<br/>experimental and numerical simulations taking into consideration the non-linearity posed by the system. The modified PD controller was compared to the simple counterpart for further concrete...abstract 2023
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Tsetas, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)This paper presents a computationally efficient model for vibratory pile installation. A semi-analytical finite element (SAFE) model for thin cylindrical shells is derived to represent the pile. The linear dynamic response of the soil medium is described by means of Green's functions via the Thin-Layer Method (TLM) coupled with Perfectly...journal article 2023
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- He, Rui (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Xu, Xiaomei (author), Dong, Lijun (author) contribution to periodical 2023
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Tsetas, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)In this paper, the characteristics of the induced ground motion are studied for two pile installation methods. Specifically, the classical axial vibratory driving is compared with the Gentle Driving of Piles (GDP) method, to investigate the effect of high-frequency torsional excitation in the soil response. For that purpose, a non-linear 3-D...conference paper 2023
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Tsetas, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)Gentle Driving of Piles (GDP) is a new vibratory installation technology for tubular (mono)piles. It is characterized by the simultaneous application of low-frequency axial and high-frequency torsional vibrations, envisaged to achieve both high installation performance and reduced underwater noise emissions. The concept of GDP has been...journal article 2023
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Kementzetzidis, Evangelos (author), Pisano, F. (author), Elkadi, A.S.K. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)Gentle Driving of Piles (GDP) is a new technology for the vibratory installation of tubular (mono)piles. Its founding principle is that both efficient installation and low noise emission can be achieved by applying to the pile a combination of axial and torsional vibrations. Preliminary development and demonstration of the proposed technology...journal article 2023
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Tsetas, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Sánchez Gómez, S. (author), Pisano, F. (author), Kementzetzidis, Evangelos (author), Molenkamp, T. (author), Elkadi, A.S.K. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)Gentle Driving of Piles (GDP) is a new technology for the vibratory installation of tubular (mono)piles. Its founding principle is that both efficient installation and low noise emission can be achieved by applying to the pile a combination of axial and torsional vibrations. Preliminary development and demonstration of the proposed technology...journal article 2023
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Xu, Jie (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author), Rots, J.G. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author)Due to the accompanying severe consequences of explosions, the blast puts a great threat to public security. Nonlinear finite element analysis is a possible method for civil engineers to check the integrity of the structures under blast loading without underestimating the limit of the structures. However, different choices of element types...conference paper 2023
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Sánchez Gómez, S. (author), Tsetas, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)For offshore wind turbines (OWTs), the monopile comprises the most common type of foundation and vibratory driving is one of the main techniques for monopile installation (and decommissioning). In practice, prior to pile installation, a pile driving analysis is performed to select the appropriate installation device and the relevant settings....conference paper 2023
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Tsetas, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Molenkamp, T. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)In the original publication, Eqs. (11) and (17) are published incorrectly, and this has been corrected as follows: (Formula presented.) The original article has been revised.journal article 2022
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Dostal, Leo (author), Hollm, Marten (author), Metrikine, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), van Dalen, K.N. (author)This paper aims at investigating the existence of localized stationary waves in the shallow subsurface whose constitutive behavior is governed by the hyperbolic model, implying non-polynomial nonlinearity and strain-dependent shear modulus. To this end, we derive a novel equation of motion for a nonlinear gradient elasticity model, where the...journal article 2022
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Tsetas, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)The Alternating Frequency-Time (AFT) Harmonic Balance method has been widely applied in the analysis of non-linear mechanical systems under periodic excitation. Customarily, a periodic displacement is considered as ansatz in a harmonic balance analysis. In the present work, a deviation from the latter ansatz is realized and the periodicity is...conference paper 2022
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Tsetas, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Molenkamp, T. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)This paper presents a computationally efficient mode-matching method to predict the relative axial motion of two elastic rods in frictional contact. The motion is of the stick-slip type and is non-uniform along the rods. The proposed method utilizes the piecewise linearity of the problem in time and space. The original set of nonlinear...journal article 2022
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Meijers, P.C. (author), Jolink, C. T. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)To study the irreversible changes in the magnetic stray field surrounding a steel structure caused by impact-induced elastic and plastic deformations, a steel cylinder was repeatedly subjected to axial impacts of various magnitudes. Due to impacts that induce elastic deformation, the measured magnetic stray field of the structure converges to...journal article 2022
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Meijers, P.C. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)This paper reports on a measurement campaign in which the magnetomechanical response of a steel monopile is recorded during installation with a hydraulic impact hammer. By comparing impact-induced changes in the magnetic stray field of the structure to the measured strain, this effect is analysed for the first time under dynamic loading...journal article 2021