The Effect of Stress Wave Dispersion on the Drivability Analysis of Large-Diameter Monopiles

Due to the increasing need for energy from renewable resources, a large number of offshore wind farms are planned to be constructed in the near future. Despite the plethora of available foundation concepts for offshore wind turbines, the monopile foundation is the most widely adopted concept in practice. To predict the installation process for a...

Assessing the small-strain soil stiffness for offshore wind turbines based on in situ seismic measurements

In this contribution, in situ seismic measurements are used to derive the small-strain shear modulus of soil as input for two soil-structure interaction (SSI) models to assess the initial soil stiffness for offshore wind turbine foundations. This stiffness has a defining influence on the first natural frequency of offshore wind turbines (OWTs),...