Bucket foundation has become one of the important foundation forms for offshore wind power in China due to its advantages of low cost
short construction period
and relatively small disturbance to the foundation. There is still a lack of strict theoretical solutions and comprehensive calculation methods for the vertical ultimate bearing capacity of bucket foundations in layered soil foundations. This article uses the finite element limit analysis method to establish a lower bound solution program for the vertical bearing capacity of bucket foundations in layered foundations and verify its accuracy. Conduct in-depth research on the failure mode and bearing characteristics of bucket foundations in layered soil foundations. The results indicate that the ultimate bearing capacity of the foundation is related to the relative thickness of the sand layer
the clay layer
and the sand layer There is a positive correlation between the length to diameter ratio of the bucket foundation. The critical thickness of sand varies with the upper layer of sand and increases with the decveast of the mderlying clay .
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