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Geomechanics and Engineering Volume 32, Number 3, February10 2023 , pages 255-270 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2023.32.3.255 |
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Three-dimensional numerical analysis of nonlinear phenomena of the tensile resistance of suction caissons |
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Azam Arefi, Pooria Ahad, Mehdi Bayat and Mohammad Silani
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| Abstract | ||
| One of the main parameters that affect the design of suction caisson-supported offshore structures is uplift behavior. Pull-out of suction caissons is profoundly utilized as the offshore wind turbine foundations accompany by a tensile resistance that is a function of a complex interaction between the caisson dimensions, geometry, wall roughness, soil type, load history, pull-out rate, and many other parameters. In this paper, a parametric study using a 3-D finite element model (FEM) of a single offshore suction caisson (SOSC) surrounded by saturated soil is performed to examine the effect of some key factors on the tensile resistance of the suction bucket foundation. Among the aforementioned parameters, caisson geometry and uplift loading as well as the difference between the tensile resistance and suction pressure on the behavior of the soil-foundation system including tensile capacity are investigated. For this purpose, a full model including 3-D suction caisson, soil, and soil-structure interaction (SSI) is developed in Abaqus based on the u-p formulation accounting for soil displacement (u) and pore pressure, P.The dynamic responses of foundations are compared and validated with the known results from the literature. The paper has focused on the effect of geometry change of 3-D SOSC to present the soil-structure interaction and the tensile capacity. Different 3-D caisson models such as triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, and octagonal are employed. It is observed that regardless of the caisson geometry, by increasing the uplift loading rate, the tensile resistance increases. More specifically, it is found that the resistance to pull-out of the cylinder is higher than the other geometries and this geometry is the optimum one for designing caissons. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| 3-D finite element analysis; suction caisson; tensile capacity; u-p formulation | ||
| Address | ||
| Azam Arefi, Pooria Ahad and Mohammad Silani: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran Mehdi Bayat: Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; Current address: Svanehoj Danmark A/S, Fabriksparken 6, 9230 Svenstrup J, Denmark | ||