• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.337-348
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• 2021

Brillouin Optical Frequency Domain Analysis (BOFDA) is a distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) technique that has unique advantages for performance monitoring of piles. However, the complicated production process and harsh operating environment of offshore PHC pipe piles make it difficult to apply this method to pile load testing. In this study, sensing cables were successfully pre-installed into an offshore PHC pipe pile directly for the first time and the BOFDA technique was used for in-situ monitoring of the pile under axial load. High-resolution strain and internal force distributions along the pile were obtained by the BOFDA sensing system. A finite element analysis incorporating the Degradation and Hardening Hyperbolic Model (DHHM) was carried out to evaluate and predict the performance of the pile, which provides an improved insight into the offshore pile-soil interaction mechanism.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1996년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.311-320
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• 1996

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.407-421
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• 2020

In-place analysis for offshore platforms is essentially required to make proper design for new structures and true assessment for existing structures, in addition to the structural integrity of platforms components under the maximum and minimum operating loads when subjected to the environmental conditions. In-place analysis have been executed to check that the structural member with all appurtenance's robustness have the capability to support the applied loads in either storm or operating conditions. A nonlinear finite element analysis is adopted for the platform structure above the seabed and pile-soil interaction to estimate the in-place behavior of a typical fixed offshore platform. The SACS software is utilized to calculate the dynamic characteristics of the platform model and the response of platform joints then the stresses at selected members, as well as their nodal displacements. The directions of environmental loads and water depth variations have significant effects in the results of the in-place analysis behavior. The most of bending moment responses of the piles are in the first fourth of pile penetration depth from pile head level. The axial deformations of piles in all load combinations cases of all piles are inversely proportional with penetration depth. The largest values of axial soil reaction are shown at the pile tips levels (the maximum penetration level). The most of lateral soil reactions resultant are in the first third of pile penetration depth from pile head level and approximately vanished after that penetration. The influence of the soil-structure interaction on the response of the jacket foundation predicts that the flexible foundation model is necessary to estimate the force responses demands of the offshore platform with a piled jacket-support structure well.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1999년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.69-77
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• 1999

The stabbing guide is often used to guide an add-on pile into an existing pile in offshore jacket installation. It provides a pile alignment for a welding tie-in in static condition as well. Even stabbing guide is an essential component in pile installation, it is not considered as a permanent offshore structure. In this regard, there is not a define design guideline proposed. In API RP 2A WSD, it briefly define the design considerations of stabbing guide. The failure of stabbing guide can cause a greate economical loss and a serious impact to the project schedule. Stabbing guide design should consider many factors considering actual work conditions for both static and dynamic situations. In the paper, a design method is proposed by appling the plate theory and it is confirmed numerically with FEM modeling. The geometry of stabbing guide is assumed as a cylinder shape with various wall thickness and effective length. The various thickness, effective length and pile size are compared for stable stabbing guide design.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.253-254
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• 2014

In offshore, various external forces such as wind force, wave force and impulsive breaking wave force act on offshore structures. Many researches about this forces are published. Kim and Cao(2008) published researche on wave force of vertical cylinder. Kim and Go(2013) performed research on the subgrade reaction by external forces. Among this forces, impulsive breaking force is more massive than other forces, especially. Therefore, the studies about impulsive breaking wave forces have been carried out. Chun and Shim(1999) analyzed dynamic behavior of cylindrical pile subjected to impulsive breaking wave force. In this study, when the impulsive breaking wave force acts on the offshore wind turbine, the subgrade reaction acting on the mono-pile of the offshore wind turbine is calculated by p-y curve. The calculation is carried out to the multi-layered.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.79-91
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• 2019

Renewed interest in the long-term pile foundations has been driven by the increase in offshore wind turbine installation to generate renewable energy. A monopile subjected to repetitive loads experiences an evolution of displacements, pile rotation, and stress redistribution along the embedded portion of the pile. However, it is not fully understood how the embedded pile interacts with the surrounding soil elements based on different pile geometries. This study investigates the long-term soil response around offshore monopiles using finite element method. The semi-empirical numerical approach is adopted to account for the fundamental features of volumetric strain (terminal void ratio) and shear strain (shakedown and ratcheting), the strain accumulation rate, and stress obliquity. The model is tested with different strain boundary conditions and stress obliquity by relaxing four model parameters. The parametric study includes pile diameter, embedded length, and moment arm distance from the surface. Numerical results indicate that different pile geometries produce a distinct evolution of lateral displacement and stress. In particular, the repetitive lateral load increases the global lateral load resistance. Further analysis provides insight into the propagation of the shear localization from the pile tip to the ground surface.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.149-160
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• 2008

1990년대 이후로 인천과 부산신항 등의 물류중심항구 및 송도 신도시와 같은 유비쿼터스 도시 개발에 발맞추어 인근해상연약지반 매립공사가 활발히 진행되면서 측방유동 해상말뚝기초의 거동특성에 폭넓은 관심이 집중되고 있다. 측방유동 말뚝기초 거동에 대한 연구 및 규명은 원심모형기 개발과 컴퓨터 기능의 향상으로 인하여 폭넓은 시도가 이루어져 왔으며, 특히 말뚝구조물에 작용하는 측방유동압의 특성이 가장 중요한 초점이 되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 대변형 압밀연계 유한요소해석 기법(LDFE)을 바탕으로 배수조건(비배수 : 단기, 배수 : 장기)에 따른 측방유동 해상 말뚝기초의 거동특성을 분석하였으며 특히, 말뚝-지반 상호작용을 고려한 측방유동압에 중점을 두었다. 본 수치해석에서는 지층조건, 말뚝두부의 경계조건, 성토하중 크기, 평균압밀도 네 가지 중요변수에 따른 거동양상을 비교 분석하였으며, 이로부터 비배수 단계와 배수 단계에서의 측방유동압의 분포형태와 크기에 대한 정량적인 차이를 확인하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2013

이 논문에서는 풍력터빈의 기초로 쓰이는 해상말뚝의 횡방향 거동에 대한 말뚝 직경의 영향에 관하여 분석하였다. 지반의 물성값들은 국내 최초로 해상풍력단지 건립 예정후보지인 서남해안의 표준관입시험과 실내시험자료를 이용하였다. 유한차분해석프로그램(FLAC3D)과 p-y해석프로그램(LPile)을 사용하여 말뚝 두부의 하중-변위관계, 지반의 p-y 곡선, 말뚝에 발생하는 최대 휨모멘트 등을 말뚝의 직경에 따라 국내 외 허용변위기준을 적용하여 구하였다. 연구 결과 두 프로그램의 결과가 서로 다르게 나타났으며, LPile의 해석결과가 수평허용지지력을 과하게 나타냈다. 직경 2m의 말뚝에서 발생하는 최대 휨모멘트는 직경 1m의 말뚝에 발생하는 최대 휨모멘트보다 약 4배가량 크게 나타났으며, 수평허용지지력에서도 비슷한 경향을 보였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2001년도 지반환경 및 준설매립에관한 학술세미나
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• pp.110-121
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• 2001

The interest in suction piles by the oil industry was risen in the middle of 1980's. Recently, suction piles have been applied increasingly in offshore engineering due to its low cost, simplicity, efficiency, and reliability. Suction piles have normally been used as anchors of floating structures and foundations of marine structures in deep-water locations. Suction piles have several technical advantages over conventional piles and anchors; fast and easy installation at any depth of water, extremely large resistance due to its huge size, and easy retrieval by applying a positive suction pressure inside the pile, etc. Daewoo E&C Co., Ltd. has conducted a series of field suction pile installation and loading tests inside the Okpo harbor located in Geojedo and the Onsan harbor in Ulsan, Korea, during the summer of 2001, which may provide additional validation of the analytical solutions previously developed by the US Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center. This is a brief description of the general mechanisms of suction pile installation and loading capacity based on the study conducted by the US Navy and Daewoo E&C Co., Ltd.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.381-395
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• 2012

Dynamic response of Pile Supported Structures is highly depended on Soil Pile Structure Interaction. In this paper, by comparison of experimental and numerical dynamic responses of a prototype jacket offshore platform for both hinge based and pile supported boundary conditions, effect of soil-pile-structure interaction on dynamic characteristics of this platform is studied. Jacket and deck of a prototype platform is installed on a hinge-based case first and then platform is installed on eight skirt piles embedded on continuum monolayer sand. Dynamic characteristics of platform in term of natural frequencies, mode shapes and modal damping are compared for both cases. Effects of adding and removing vertical bracing members in top bay of jacket on dynamic characteristics of platform for both boundary conditions are also studied. Numerical simulation of responses for the studied platform is also performed for both mentioned cases using capability of ABAQUS and SACS software. The 3D model using ABAQUS software is created using solid elements for soil and beam elements for jacket, deck and pile members. Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion and pile-soil interface element are used for considering nonlinear pile soil structure interaction. Simplified modeling of soil-pile-structure interaction effect is also studied using SACS software. It is observed that dynamic characteristics of the system changes significantly due to soil-pile-structure interaction. Meanwhile, both of complex and simplified (ABAQUS and SACS, respectively) models can predict this effect accurately for such platforms subjected to dynamic loading in small range of deformation.