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Sonnema, Wouter (author), Brinkman, Sanne (author), Brinkgreve, R.B.J. (author), Pisano, F. (author)Presented here is a numerical study on the preloading of four-legged jack-ups, such as those commonly employed in the construction of offshore wind farms. The need for reducing jack-up installation time is particularly felt within the offshore industry, especially when multiple preloading cycles are necessary in clayey soils to fulfil given...journal article 2023
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Cheng, Xiaoyang (author), Ibraim, Erdin (author), Liu, Haoyuan (author), Pisano, F. (author), Diambra, Andrea (author)This paper uses 3D numerical analyses to investigate the stress path experienced by soil elements around large diameter piles in sand subjected to monotonic drained lateral loading. Inspection of the loading-induced stresses in the soil revealed the multiaxial nature of these stress paths, which are characterised by rotation of one or more...journal article 2023
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Zheng, X. (author), Seaid, Mohammed (author), Pisano, F. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Huvaj, Nejan (author), Osman, Ashraf S. (author)A hybrid material point/finite volume method for the numerical simulation of shallow water waves caused by large dynamic deformations in the bathymetry is presented. The proposed model consists of coupling the nonlinear shallow water equations for the water flow and a dynamic elastoplastic system for the seabed deformation. As a constitutive...journal article 2023
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Kementzetzidis, E. (author), Pisano, F. (author), Tsetas, A. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)Gentle driving of piles (GDP) is a new technology for the vibratory installation of tubular (mono) piles that aims to achieve both efficient installation and low noise emission by combining axial and torsional vibrations. To provide a preliminary demonstration of the GDP concept, onshore medium-scale tests in sand were performed in late 2019...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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Li, Z. (author), Liu, Haoyuan (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Pisano, F. (author)Offshore monopile foundations are exposed to misaligned wind and wave loadings, which are respectively dominated by (nearly) static and cyclic load components. While the response of these systems to unidirectional cyclic loading has been extensively investigated, only a few studies have been devoted to the realistic case of misaligned static...journal article 2023
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Yin, Xilin (author), Wang, H. (author), Pisano, F. (author), Gavin, Kenneth (author), Askarinejad, A. (author), Zhou, Hongpeng (author)Predicting the non-linear loading response is the key to the design of suction caissons. This paper presents a systematic study to explore the applicability of deep learning techniques in foundation design. Firstly, a series of three-dimensional finite element simulations was performed, covering a wide range of embedment ratios and different...journal article 2023
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Kementzetzidis, Evangelos (author), Pisano, F. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)The analysis of cyclically loaded piles is acquiring ever greater relevance in the field of geotechnical engineering, most recently in relation to the design of offshore monopiles. In this area, predicting the gradual accumulation of pile deflection under prolonged cycling is key to performing relevant serviceability assessments, for which...journal article 2022
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Pisano, F. (author), Betto, D. (author), Della Vecchia, G. (author), Cremonesi, M. (author)Submarine buried pipelines are often laid in trenches backfilled with loose sandy soil, which is intrinsically prone to liquefaction. When liquefaction is triggered, the soil tends to behave as a viscous fluid with vanishing shear strength and very limited ability to restrain structural displacement, for instance during the occurrence of...journal article 2022
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Zheng, X. (author), Pisano, F. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)The Material Point Method (MPM) has been gaining increasing popularity as an appropriate approach to the solution of coupled hydro-mechanical problems involving large deformations. This study extends the implicit GIMP-patch method for coupled poroelastic problems recently proposed by Zheng et al. (2021b) to tackle large-deformation problems...journal article 2022
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Zheng, X. (author), Pisano, F. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)This study presents the formulation and implementation of a fully implicit stabilised Material Point Method (MPM) for dynamic problems in two-phase porous media. In particular, the proposed method is built on a three-field formulation of the governing conservation laws, which uses solid displacement, pore pressure and fluid displacement as...journal article 2022
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Liu, Haoyuan (author), Pisano, F. (author), Jostad, Hans Petter (author), Sivasithamparam, Nallathamby (author)Offshore monopiles accumulate permanent tilt under long-lasting cyclic environmental loads. Accurate prediction of monopile tilt is key to assessing their serviceability, and requires a fundamental understanding of loading history effects. While both experimental and numerical studies are shedding light on this matter, this work uses step-by...journal article 2022
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Martinelli, M. (author), Pisano, F. (author)Cone penetration tests (CPTs) can quantitatively inform about the mechanical state of a sand. However, relating measured cone resistance values to sand state requires complex back-analysis of the processes occurring in the soil during the test. This paper provides new evidence of the value added in this area by modern large-deformation...journal article 2022
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Liu, H. (author), Kementzetzidis, E. (author), Abell, J. A. (author), Pisano, F. (author)Serviceability criteria for offshore monopiles include the estimation of long-term, permanent tilt under repeated operational loads. In the lack of well-established analysis methods, experimental and numerical research has been carried out in the last decade to support the fundamental understanding of monopile-soil interaction mechanisms, and...journal article 2021
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Cheng, Xiaoyang (author), Diambra, Andrea (author), Ibraim, Erdin (author), Liu, H. (author), Pisano, F. (author)Based on advanced 3D finite element modelling, this paper analyses the stress paths experienced by soil elements in the vicinity of a monopile foundation for offshore wind turbines subjected to cyclic loading with the aim of informing soil laboratory testing in support of monopile foundation design. It is shown that the soil elements in front of...journal article 2021
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Zheng, X. (author), Pisano, F. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)This paper presents a single-point Material Point Method (MPM) for large deformation problems in two-phase porous media such as soils. Many MPM formulations are known to produce numerical oscillations and inaccuracies in the simulated results, largely due to numerical integration and stress recovery performed at non-ideal locations, cell...journal article 2021
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Zheng, X. (author), Gonzalez Acosta, J.L. (author), Remmerswaal, G. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Pisano, F. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)The material point method (MPM) shows promise for the simulation of large deformations in history-dependent materials such as soils. However, in general, it suffers from oscillations and inaccuracies due to its use of numerical integration and stress recovery at non-ideal locations. The development of a hydro-mechanical model, which does not...conference paper 2021
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Tsetas, A. (author), Sánchez Gómez, S. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author), van Beek, C. (author), Sadeghi Tehrani, F. (author), Kementzetzidis, E. (author), Pisano, F. (author), Elkadi, A.S.K. (author), Segeren, M.L.A. (author), Molenkamp, T. (author), Metrikine, A. (author)A novel pile-driving technique, named Gentle Driving of Piles (GDP), that combines axial low-frequency and torsional high-frequency vibrations has been developed and tested recently. During the experimental campaign, several piles were installed onshore, making use of the GDP shaker. Besides those, a number of additional piles were installed...conference paper 2020
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Kementzetzidis, E. (author), Metrikine, A. (author), Versteijlen, Willem Geert (author), Pisano, F. (author)With the offshore wind industry rapidly expanding worldwide, geotechnical research is being devoted to foundation optimisation - most intensively for large-diameter monopiles. The analysis and design of monopiles still suffers from significant uncertainties in relation to cyclic/dynamic loading conditions. The aim of this work is to shed new...journal article 2020