Experimental Study of the Influence of the Pore Water Pressure Evolution and the Shear Band Formation on the Extraction Resistance of Submerged Anchor Plates

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Kanitz ◽  
Juergen Grabe
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Shear Band ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Offshore Structures ◽  
Shear Band Formation ◽  
Band Formation ◽  
Anchor Plates

Floating offshore structures used to generate wind energy are founded on submerged foundations such as anchor plates. Their extraction resistance is of major importance during and at the end of the lifetime cycle of these offshore structures. During their lifetime cycle, the foundation is suspended to complex loading conditions due to waves, tidal currents and wind loads. To guarantee a stable structure, the extraction resistance of the anchor plates has to be known. At the end of the lifetime cycle of the offshore structures, the extraction resistance is mainly influencing the removal of the anchor plates. This resistance is a lot higher than the sum of its self-weight and hydrostatic and earth pressure acting on the structure. With initiation of a motion of the anchor plate, the volume underneath this structure is increased leading to negative pore water pressure until inflowing pore water is filling the newly created volume. In order to investigate this effect, an extensive experimental study at model scale with a displacement-driven extraction is performed. Pore pressure measurements are carried out at various locations in the soil body and underneath the plate. The soil movement is tracked with a high-speed camera to investigate the shear band formation with the particle image velocimetry method (PIV). The experiments will be conducted considering different packing densities of the soil body and at different extraction velocities to investigate their effect on the extraction resistance of anchor plates.

An Experimental Study on the Wave-Induced Topographic Change in Artificial Shallows: Focusing on the Effects of Pore-Water Pressure on Sediment Transport

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 1450008-1-1450008-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoaki Nakamura ◽  
Yuta Nezasa ◽  
Yong-Hwan Cho ◽  
Ryo Ishihara ◽  
Norimi Mizutani
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Sediment Transport ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Wave Induced

Experimental study of pore water pressure and bed profile change under regular breaking waves

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-zhou Cheng ◽  
Chang-bo Jiang ◽  
Li-ping Zhao ◽  
Yun Pan ◽  
Qing-feng Li
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Pore Water ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Breaking Waves ◽  
Profile Change

Numerical Investigations of the Extraction of Submerged Foundations by Coupled CFD-DEM

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Kanitz ◽  
Juergen Grabe ◽  
Alice Hager ◽  
Christoph Goniva ◽  
Christoph Kloss
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Discrete Element ◽  
Offshore Structures ◽  
Spherical Particles ◽  
Embedment Depth ◽  
Sea Bed ◽  
Element Method

Offshore structures are founded on submerged foundations. The excavation of submerged foundations in the sea bed is a difficult task to accomplish when it comes to the decommissioning of these offshore structures. The extraction resistance is a lot higher than the pressure acting on the structure due to hydrostatic pressure, earth pressure and its self-weight. Once the extraction begins, a negative pore water pressure is created until inflowing pore water compensates this negative pore water pressure. This depression is hindering the extraction of the submerged foundation. Additionally, the resistance is dependent on the embedment depth of the structure, the soil properties as well as the extraction velocity, which influences the dimension of the negative pore water pressure. The numerical investigation of this dynamic problem is a limitation for continuum based approaches like the Finite Element Method (FEM) due to the occurring large deformations. These results from the soil bed failing under the movement of the structure and hence starting to flow. Additionally, in order to estimate the created depression, the investigation of the water-soil-interaction is crucial, as the change of the pore water pressure plays a significant role. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the behavior of the soil particles and the pore water pressure. In order to do this, a coupled Euler-Lagrange approach, namely the combination of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and the Discrete Element Method (DEM), is used. In these simulations on one hand, the liquid phase, e.g. the water, is considered as a continuum, while on the other hand, for the solid phase, e.g. the soil, a particle representation is chosen. Hence, it is possible to compute the particle-particle — as well as the fluid-particle-interactions. The calculations are carried out with the open source software package CFDEMcoupling®, which combines the discrete element code LIGGGHTS® with CFD solvers based on OpenFOAM®. This paper introduces the coupled CFD-DEM approach to simulate the extraction of a submerged plate in the soil bed. In this work, the soil grains are idealized by spherical particles of different diameters. In order to consider effects of dilatancy and contractancy in the soil bed, different relative densities are investigated. Additionally, a variation of the extraction velocity of the plate is carried out to examine the dependence on the creation of negative pore water pressure. For each case, the extraction resistance is calculated. The flow velocity and the pressure distribution in the vicinity of the structure are analyzed.

Analysis on Vibrations due to High-Speed Railway Tunnel and Control Measures

2012 ◽  
Vol 226-228 ◽  
pp. 381-386
Author(s):  
Xiao Juan Quan ◽  
Kai Shi ◽  
Yi Bo Yan
Keyword(s):  
Pore Water ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Vertical Displacement ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
Shield Tunnel ◽  
Tunnel Structure ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Grouting Reinforcement

With the economy developing rapidly, China has entered the era of high-speed railway, but at the same time, the negative impact of high-speed railway is increasing obviously. The paper analyzes the induced environmental vibration problems due to the high-speed railway, the specific response in the power of the shield tunnel under the train loads, the tunnel structure and the surrounding strata, When the local layer is saturated sand, by calculating the pore water pressure and the layer stress, determining whether it can cause sand liquefaction phenomenon or not, judging the damage extent of tunnel structure, especially it may influences the normal operation of the train. The vertical displacement of the tunnel structure due to the dynamic train load may have impact on the normal operation of the train, where some preventive measures should be taken, such as concrete grouting reinforcement method. In this paper the non-reinforcement case is compared to the reinforcing ones, and different reinforcement ring thickness is studied in order to determine a reasonable thickness of the reinforcement. The main contents include the following work: （1）Response analysis by using the FLAC3D software to simulate the shield tunnel under the dynamic train loads which are the main cause of the displacement of the segment and surrounding strata. The simulation study mainly includes analysis of the changes of pore water pressure and stress. （2） Since train load can produce the vertical displacement, prevention and controlling measures should be taken, which mainly use grouting reinforcement.

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