A memory-enhanced p-y model for piles in sand accounting for cyclic ratcheting and gapping effects

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...

Geotechnical Aspects of Offshore Wind Turbine Dynamics Emerging from 3d Sand-Monopile Non-Linear Simulations

In recent years, offshore wind is becoming an increasingly growing market in Europe. Many resources are allocated towards ensuring its sustainable progress while one of the biggest uncertainties encountered lays in the offshore wind turbine's (OWT) foundations. In Europe, monopiles are the most widely adopted solution to found such structures in...