A unified lateral soil reaction model for monopiles in soft clay considering various length-to-diameter (L/D) ratios

L Wang, Y Lai, Y Hong, D Mašín - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Large-diameter monopiles are the most commonly used foundation to support offshore wind
turbines. Early designs usually adopted pile diameters (D) between 4 and 6 m, which is …

Effects of local scouring on the bearing capacity of monopile-wheel composite foundations in sandy deposit

X Zou, S Chen, Z Yang, X Tu, C Liang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The monopile-friction wheel composite foundation is an innovative offshore wind turbines
(OWTs) foundation type for its good bearing properties and anti-erosion advantages. The …

A new soil reaction model for large-diameter monopiles in clay

G Cao, X Ding, Z Yin, H Zhou, P Zhou - Computers and Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering the limits of the traditional py method and the omission of the non-negligible
additional lateral resistance components for large-diameter monopiles, the effects of …

Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundation Systems in Multilayered Soil Strata under Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Loads: State-of-the-Art Review

PA Arvan, RD Raju, M Arockiasamy - Practice Periodical on …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Due to the large demand to produce clean and renewable energy, offshore wind farms are
extensively being used to help with economic development. Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT) …

Capacity and failure mechanism of monopile-wheel hybrid foundation in clay-overlaying-sand deposits under combined V–HM loadings

Y Wang, X Zou, M Zhou, X Zhang - Marine Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Innovative monopile-wheel hybrid foundations are proposed to enhance the lateral load and
moment capacities of monopile for offshore wind systems. This paper presents a …

Timoshenko beam theory–based analytical solution of laterally loaded large-diameter monopiles

XD Zhang, BJ Li, ZX Yang, BT Zhu, RQ Xu… - Computers and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Monopiles are one of the major types of foundation systems for offshore wind turbines. To
obtain the responses of large-diameter monopiles under lateral loading, a four–spring beam …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-spring model for monopile analysis in soft clays

D Fu, Y Zhang, KK Aamodt, Y Yan - Marine Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The offshore wind industry in China has seen a rapid development in recent years and is
projected to account for half of global yearly installed capacity in the years to come …

Winkler spring coefficients for laterally loaded piles

R He, AM Kaynia - Computers and Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
Winkler spring methods are widely used in the analysis of piles, but the elastic Winkler
spring coefficient is still a subject of research, especially for large-diameter monopiles. This …

[HTML][HTML] Site-specific soil reaction model for monopiles in soft clay based on laboratory element stress-strain curves

Y Lai, L Wang, Y Zhang, Y Hong - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-diameter monopiles are the predominant foundation solution for supporting offshore
wind turbines. They are conventionally designed using soil reaction curves developed for …

[HTML][HTML] A CPT-based multi-spring model for lateral monopile analysis under SLS conditions in sand

J Tott-Buswell, LJ Prendergast, K Gavin - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Monopiles are the most common Offshore Wind Turbine (OWT) foundations due to their
simplicity in design, fabrication, and installation. However, large new-generation turbines …