PISA design model for monopiles for offshore wind turbines

PISA design model for monopiles for offshore wind turbines: Application to a marine sand

Burd, Harvey J. (University of Oxford)
Taborda, David M.G. (Imperial College London)
Zdravkovic, Lidija (Imperial College London)
Abadie, Christelle N. (University of Cambridge)
Byrne, Byron W. (University of Oxford)
Houlsby, Guy T. (University of Oxford)
Gavin, Kenneth (TU Delft Geo-engineering)
Igoe, David J.P. (Trinity College Dublin)
Jardine, Richard J. (Imperial College London)

2020

This paper describes a one-dimensional (1D) computational model for the analysis and design of laterally loaded monopile foundations for offshore wind turbine applications. The model represents the monopile as an embedded beam and specially formulated functions, referred to as soil reaction curves, are employed to represent the various components of soil reaction that are assumed to act on the pile. This design model was an outcome of a recently completed joint industry research project - known as PISA - on the development of new procedures for the design of monopile foundations for offshore wind applications. The overall framework of the model, and an application to a stiff glacial clay till soil, is described in a companion paper by Byrne and co-workers; the current paper describes an alternative formulation that has been developed for soil reaction curves that are applicable to monopiles installed at offshore homogeneous sand sites, for drained loading. The 1D model is calibrated using data from a set of three-dimensional finite-element analyses, conducted over a calibration space comprising pile geometries, loading configurations and soil relative densities that span typical design values. The performance of the model is demonstrated by the analysis of example design cases. The current form of the model is applicable to homogeneous soil and monotonic loading, although extensions to soil layering and cyclic loading are possible.

design
limit state design/analysis
numerical modelling
offshore engineering
piles AND piling
soil/structure interaction

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https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.18.P.277

0016-8505

Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics, 70 (11), 1048-1066

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© 2020 Harvey J. Burd, David M.G. Taborda, Lidija Zdravkovic, Christelle N. Abadie, Byron W. Byrne, Guy T. Houlsby, Kenneth Gavin, David J.P. Igoe, Richard J. Jardine, More Authors