Effect of Bedrock Depth on the Lateral Behavior of Monopiles

Autor: Younggyun Choi, Heejung Youn, Osoon Kwon, Geunju Kim
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Rock Mechanics and Its Applications in Civil, Mining, and Petroleum Engineering.
DOI: 10.1061/9780784413395.022
Popis: This paper presents the effect of bedrock depth on the lateral behavior of monopiles in terms of load-displacement curve at pile head, displacement and moment along the pile. Finite difference analysis program, FLAC3D, was adopted to create a 1-m diameter monopile embedded into sands. The bedrock depth was varied from 5 m to 30 m from ground surface. In this study, it was observed that the lateral behavior of monopile was significantly affected when the bed is as shallow as 5 m deep; the differences were negligible for other cases with depth greater than 10 m.
Databáze: OpenAIRE