Cyclic Bearing Mechanism of Suction Caissons Supporting Offshore Wind Turbines in Clay
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2021-02-01
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China Ocean Engineering
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CHINA OCEAN PRESS
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Wang, T., Yu, S. W., Liu, W. L., Bao, X. X. & Liu, J. W. (2021). Cyclic Bearing Mechanism of Suction Caissons Supporting Offshore Wind Turbines in Clay. China Ocean Engineering, 35 (1), pp.135-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-021-0012-5.
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The bearing behavior of suction caissons supporting offshore wind turbines under two-way cyclic lateral loading and dead load in clay was investigated with consideration of soil strength degradation and adhesive interface friction between caisson walls and heterogeneous clay using the finite-element package ABAQUS. An ABAQUS built-in user subroutine was programmed to calculate the adhesive interface friction between clay and caisson walls. The results of parametric studies showed that the degradation of bearing capacity could be aggravated by the decrease of the aspect ratio. The offset between the rotation point of the soil inside the caisson and the central axis of the caisson increased with the increasing vertical load and number of cycles. The linearly increasing strength profile and adhesive interface led to the formation of an inverted spoon failure zone inside the caisson. The settlement-rotation curves in each cycle moved downwards with increasing number of cycles due to the soil strength degradation.