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Virtual reality and visual simulation technology in platform construction with four bucket foundations based on secondary development of Vega

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The platform with bucket foundations can penetrate and migrate by underpressure/positive pressure technique caused by pumping water out/in the bucket. However, the construction process of bucket foundations cannot be clearly observed and effectively controlled due to the special nature of sea environment. By using an advanced simulation development tool of Multigen Creator, the visual construction simulation program for the platform with bucket foundations was developed to set up the virtual reality system with interaction control and observation in every view angle based on the secondary development technology of Vega platform. The application results show that the method is feasible and effective by simulating the whole construction process for the platform with four bucket foundations.

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

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

  2. Key Laboratory of Coastal Civil Engineering Structure and Safety (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300072, China

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

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

    Puyang Zhang  (张浦阳), Hongyan Ding  (丁红岩), Zhihua Bai  (白智华) & Qi Zhu  (朱 奇)

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51109160), National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (“863” Program, No. 2012AA051705), International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China (No. 2012DFA70490), and Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (No. 13JCQNJC06900).

Zhang Puyang, born in 1978, male, Dr, lecturer.

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Zhang, P., Ding, H., Bai, Z. et al. Virtual reality and visual simulation technology in platform construction with four bucket foundations based on secondary development of Vega. Trans. Tianjin Univ. 19, 398–403 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-013-2061-1

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