Research for Vertical Bearing Characteristics of Top Grouting Jacket Pile Foundation in Clay Foundation

[Introduction] The top grouting jacket pile foundation is a new type of foundation application for offshore wind power jackets on clay seabed. Since the grouting section can bear some loads, its stress and deformation mechanism is significantly different from that of conventional tubular piles. The...

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Main Authors: Can ZHENG, Hexing SONG, Lu XU, Bo LIU
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Language:English
Published: Energy Observer Magazine Co., Ltd. 2023-07-01
Series:南方能源建设
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Online Access:https://www.energychina.press/en/article/doi/10.16516/j.gedi.issn2095-8676.2023.04.015
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Hexing SONG
Lu XU
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description [Introduction] The top grouting jacket pile foundation is a new type of foundation application for offshore wind power jackets on clay seabed. Since the grouting section can bear some loads, its stress and deformation mechanism is significantly different from that of conventional tubular piles. The existing design often ignores the bearing capacity sharing of each part of the foundation, and only treats the grouting section as a hollow tubular pile, ignoring the bearing capacity of the grouting section. [Method] This paper firstly compared the bearing capacity calculation formulas of existing ocean pile foundations and mesoscale foundations, and analyzed the applicability of various calculation formulas to top grouting jacket pile foundations. Then, a numerical model for top grouting pile foundation on clay seabed was established using the finite element method. The validity of the numerical model was verified by comparing with the field test and centrifugal model test results. Finally, based on the finite element results, the vertical bearing capacity calculation formula suitable for the top grouting pile foundation was analyzed. Effects of various soil strength distributions and length-diameter ratios on the foundation bearing characteristics and bearing proportion were explored. [Result] Results show that for the soil layers with linearly increasing strength and under various surface strengths, with the increase of the surface strength, the bearing capacity of the grouting section increases, but the bearing proportion of the grouting section gradually decreases. For the same soil layer, the bearing proportion of the grouting section gradually decreases with the increase of the buried depth of pile foundation (length-diameter ratio). [Conclusion] The bear loads of the grouting section can increase the vertical bearing capacity of jacket pile foundation, which is of great significance for the optimization of jacket pile foundation engineering.
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spelling doaj.art-7b9dc8d3c4834d9f8d055668738e3f112023-07-17T03:17:55ZengEnergy Observer Magazine Co., Ltd.南方能源建设2095-86762023-07-0110414815710.16516/j.gedi.issn2095-8676.2023.04.0152022-190Research for Vertical Bearing Characteristics of Top Grouting Jacket Pile Foundation in Clay FoundationCan ZHENG0Hexing SONG1Lu XU2Bo LIU3China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510663, Guangdong, ChinaChina Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510663, Guangdong, ChinaChina Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510663, Guangdong, ChinaOcean Energy Engineering Technology Research Institute of CPECC, Guangzhou 510663, Guangdong, China[Introduction] The top grouting jacket pile foundation is a new type of foundation application for offshore wind power jackets on clay seabed. Since the grouting section can bear some loads, its stress and deformation mechanism is significantly different from that of conventional tubular piles. The existing design often ignores the bearing capacity sharing of each part of the foundation, and only treats the grouting section as a hollow tubular pile, ignoring the bearing capacity of the grouting section. [Method] This paper firstly compared the bearing capacity calculation formulas of existing ocean pile foundations and mesoscale foundations, and analyzed the applicability of various calculation formulas to top grouting jacket pile foundations. Then, a numerical model for top grouting pile foundation on clay seabed was established using the finite element method. The validity of the numerical model was verified by comparing with the field test and centrifugal model test results. Finally, based on the finite element results, the vertical bearing capacity calculation formula suitable for the top grouting pile foundation was analyzed. Effects of various soil strength distributions and length-diameter ratios on the foundation bearing characteristics and bearing proportion were explored. [Result] Results show that for the soil layers with linearly increasing strength and under various surface strengths, with the increase of the surface strength, the bearing capacity of the grouting section increases, but the bearing proportion of the grouting section gradually decreases. For the same soil layer, the bearing proportion of the grouting section gradually decreases with the increase of the buried depth of pile foundation (length-diameter ratio). [Conclusion] The bear loads of the grouting section can increase the vertical bearing capacity of jacket pile foundation, which is of great significance for the optimization of jacket pile foundation engineering.https://www.energychina.press/en/article/doi/10.16516/j.gedi.issn2095-8676.2023.04.015top groutingpile foundationsoil shear strengthvertical bearing capacitybearing proportion
spellingShingle Can ZHENG
Hexing SONG
Lu XU
Bo LIU
Research for Vertical Bearing Characteristics of Top Grouting Jacket Pile Foundation in Clay Foundation
南方能源建设
top grouting
pile foundation
soil shear strength
vertical bearing capacity
bearing proportion
title Research for Vertical Bearing Characteristics of Top Grouting Jacket Pile Foundation in Clay Foundation
title_full Research for Vertical Bearing Characteristics of Top Grouting Jacket Pile Foundation in Clay Foundation
title_fullStr Research for Vertical Bearing Characteristics of Top Grouting Jacket Pile Foundation in Clay Foundation
title_full_unstemmed Research for Vertical Bearing Characteristics of Top Grouting Jacket Pile Foundation in Clay Foundation
title_short Research for Vertical Bearing Characteristics of Top Grouting Jacket Pile Foundation in Clay Foundation
title_sort research for vertical bearing characteristics of top grouting jacket pile foundation in clay foundation
topic top grouting
pile foundation
soil shear strength
vertical bearing capacity
bearing proportion
url https://www.energychina.press/en/article/doi/10.16516/j.gedi.issn2095-8676.2023.04.015
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