Numerical Analysis

Failure envelopes of single-pile composite bucket foundation of offshore wind turbine under combined loading conditions

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  • 1.State Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; 2.Tianjin Institute of Geotechnical Investigation & Surveying, Tianjin 300191, China

Received date: 2014-07-30

  Online published: 2018-06-09

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This work was supported by the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51021004) and the International Science & Technology Cooperation(2012DFA70490).

Abstract

The wind turbine is a high-rise structure, which is subjected to both the vertical loading due to structural weight and the horizontal loading and moment due to blade-induced or tower-induced loading. In designing offshore platforms, it is crucial to evaluate the overall stability and the failure mechanisms of the single-pile composite bucket foundation of the wind turbine under combined loading conditions. Based on the Swipe test loading method and the fixed displacement ratio loading method, this paper investigates the failure envelopes of the single-pile composite bucket foundation on the soft soil ground under undrained conditions in the V-H, V-M, H-M and V-H-M spaces by using the finite element method. It is shown that the failure envelopes in V-H and V-M space are symmetrical, while the failure envelope in H-M space is asymmetrical. Moment load affects the shape of failure envelope in V-H-M space, the failure envelopes of V-H space recedes as the moment load increases. By using the relationship between the actual combined loading and the computed failure envelopes, the stability of single-pile composite bucket foundation can be evaluated in engineering practice.

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LIU Run, QI Yue, LI Bao-ren, LIAN Ji-jian, DING Hong-yan, . Failure envelopes of single-pile composite bucket foundation of offshore wind turbine under combined loading conditions[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2016 , 37(5) : 1486 -1496 . DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2016.05.033

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