Abstract
In current designs of offshore wind turbines, monopiles are often used as foundation. The behaviour of the monopoles when subjected to lateral loading has not been fully investigated. In this paper, the behaviour of two non-slender piles in sand subjected to lateral loading are analysed by means of small-scale laboratory tests. Six quasi-static tests are conducted on piles with diameters of 40mm and 100mm and a slenderness ratio, L/D, of 5. To minimise scale effects, the tests are carried out in a pressure tank at various stress levels. From the obtained load-deflection relationships it is revealed that the uncertainties of the results for the pile with a diameter of 40mm are large. The load-deflection relationships normalised as H/(L2Dγ’) and y/D indicate that the lateral load, H, is proportional to L2D. Comparison of the normalised load-deflection relationships for different stress levels shows that small-scale tests applied with overburden pressure are preferable.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Symposium Proceedings : 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Engineering, 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical Engineering |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Place of Publication | Toronto, Ontario |
| Publisher | Pan-AM CGS Geotechnical Conference |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Event | 2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Duration: 2 Oct 2011 → 6 Oct 2011 |
Conference
| Conference | 2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Toronto, Ontario |
| Period | 02/10/2011 → 06/10/2011 |