Axial response of offshore jacket piles supporting wind turbines

Thesis

This thesis addresses the design methods for offshore piles, and specifically the role of the end bearing of open-ended piles in contributing to capacity. In the design of offshore jacket structures, the response of open-ended tubular piles is governed by their interaction with the soil along the shaft and at the base. To estimate the total static capacity, the shaft and base capacities are estimated separately and added together. These estimates are based on empirical relationships correl...

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Authors: Joseph, T

• Alternative title: Behaviour of the soil plug in open ended piles supporting offshore jacket structures
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-0njoq7gyg
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: API, ICP, UWA; soil plug load transfer diagram; Open-ended piles; Soil plug; Jacket piled foundations
• Subjects: Mobilisation of soil plug in open-ended piles; Offshore structures - Jacket Piled Foundations; One dimensional finite element analysis of the soil plug in open-ended piles