The current interpretation methods for the cone penetration test (CPT)
which is used to obtain in-situ parameters of clay in offshore wind power investigations
are based on the elastic-perfectly plastic soil model and do not adequately account for the small-strain nonlinear stiffness characteristics of clay. This paper conducts numerical studies to investigate the impact of clay stress-strain nonlinearity and small-strain parameters on cone tip resistance. Saturated clays are modeled using the hyperbolic hardening elastoplastic model and the small-strain elastoplastic constitutive model
simulating the cone penetration process within the ABAQUS finite element software framework. To mitigate mesh distortion during large deformation analyses
the Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) remapping technique is adopted. Finite element numerical simulations indicate that soil stiffness
in-situ stress of soil strata
cone surface roughness
and failure criteria significantly influence the cone bearing factor. Moreover
an increased soil failure ratio corresponds to a decreased cone factor. Importantly
accounting for small-strain stiffness leads to a marked augmentation of the cone factor
with the extent of this increase being closely related to the interplay among small-strain stiffness
reference shear strain
and large-strain stiffness. Finally
the proposed method for evaluating the cone factor
which incorporates the small-strain stiffness of clay
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