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http://dx.doi.org/10.14481/jkges.2016.17.9.5

Numerical Analysis on Tilting Control of Suction Pile for Offshore Wind Power  

Kim, Byeongwan (Department of Civil Engineering, Hongik University)
Kim, Youseok (Daewoo Institute of Construction Technology, DAEWOO E&C)
Jin, Byeongmoo (Daewoo Institute of Construction Technology, DAEWOO E&C)
Bae, Kyung-tae (Daewoo Institute of Construction Technology, DAEWOO E&C)
Youn, Heejung (Department of Civil Engineering, Hongik University)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.17, no.9, 2016 , pp. 5-12 More about this Journal
Abstract
Numerical analyses were carried out to simulate tilting control on the suction pile for offshore wind power embedded into cohesive soil and cohesionless soil using finite element software, ABAQUS. A 3-dimensional suction pile was modelled as a wished-in-place pile with $1^{\circ}$ tilted from vertical line. The inner room of suction pile was divided into 3 separate rooms for tilting control, and point load was applied to the center of gravity of a separate room to restore the original position of the suction pile. From numerical analyses, required suction pressure was obtained for desired tilting degree, and the maximum/minimum principle stresses of concrete skirt and the Mises stresses of inner steel wall were collected at original position. It was found that the required suction pressure was about 410 kPa for cohesive soil, and about 1,800 kPa for cohesionless soil.; likewise, obtained stresses were greater for cohesionless soil than cohesive soil.
Keywords
Suction pile; Tilting control; Numerical analysis; ABAQUS;
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