Dynamic Finite Element Modelling of Pile Tip Deformation
I. KOURTIS (TU Delft - Civil Engineering & Geosciences)
A. Tsouvalas – Mentor (TU Delft - Dynamics of Structures)
A. Cabboi – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Mechanics and Physics of Structures)
A. Tsetas – Coach (TU Delft - Dynamics of Structures)
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Abstract
Pile tip damage due to impact with an object (boulder) during the driving process of monopiles is of main concern in the offshore wind sector. Numerical modelling could accurately describe this failure mechanism and used as a tool in practice but also for the development of appropriate guidelines. In this research project, dynamic Finite Element Analysis is conducted in order to achieve modelling the driving and impact process and properly capture the response of the monopile.