LIU Jin-long, CHEN Lu-wang, WANG Ji-li, et al. Method for calculating the horizontal bearing capacity of segmentally-tapered bucket foundation of offshore wind turbines[J]. 2015, 36(10): 2750-2758.
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LIU Jin-long, CHEN Lu-wang, WANG Ji-li, et al. Method for calculating the horizontal bearing capacity of segmentally-tapered bucket foundation of offshore wind turbines[J]. 2015, 36(10): 2750-2758.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2015.10.002.
Method for calculating the horizontal bearing capacity of segmentally-tapered bucket foundation of offshore wind turbines
Because large construction ships cannot enter the shallow sea
traditional configuration foundations
such as gravity-type foundation and pile foundation
are not suited for offshore wind power project in shallow seas. Therefore
a new type of foundation—segmentally-tapered bucket foundation is proposed. Based on the limit equilibrium method
a systematic method is proposed to calculate the horizontal bearing capacity of the segmentally-tapered bucket foundation. The influences of obliquity of wall
foundation height
top diameter of bucket and soil parameters on the horizontal bearing capacity of the segmentally-tapered bucket foundation are analyzed. It is found that the horizontal bearing capacity increases with the increase of the wall obliquity
soil resistance
top diameter of bucket and foundation height
while decreases with the increase of the depth of seabed. Based on the concept of volume compression ratio
the bucket foundation with inclined upper section wall and vertical lower section wall is recommended and demonstrated. An accurate method is proposed to determine the proportional coefficient of soil resistance. The results are helpful in the optimization design of traditional bucket foundation.