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Seismic response of offshore wind structure supported by bucket foundation

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An integrated finite element model(FEM)of offshore wind tower-foundation-soil is established by ABAQUS, where a large-scale composite bucket foundation with seven compartments inside is applied to supporting the upper wind tower. The dynamic response of the structure-foundation system is studied under three seismic waves with the same peak ground acceleration of 0.035g. It can be seen that the dynamic response increases at the beginning with the structure height, then it decreases because the structural damping increases due to the mass effect of the upper wind turbine generator system. It is shown that the anti-liquefaction capacity of the soil inside and underneath the foundation is improved owing to the high overburden pressure of the upper structure and the constraint effect of the bucket skirt and subdivisions. Moreover, the liquefaction resistance of the soil inside the middle compartment is improved to a higher degree than that inside the side compartments.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Hongyan Ding  (丁红岩) & Puyang Zhang  (张浦阳)

  2. Key Laboratory of Coast Civil Structure Safety of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Hongyan Ding  (丁红岩) & Puyang Zhang  (张浦阳)

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Hongyan Ding  (丁红岩), Kangping Xiong  (熊康平) & Puyang Zhang  (张浦阳)

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51379142) and Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (No. 13JCQNJC06900).

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Ding, H., Xiong, K. & Zhang, P. Seismic response of offshore wind structure supported by bucket foundation. Trans. Tianjin Univ. 22, 294–301 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-016-2630-1

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