考虑软土蠕变对强度影响的高桩码头岸坡时变可靠度分析

考虑软土蠕变导致的土体抗剪强度的衰减效应,建立了软土长期强度模型,用以量化由于土体蠕变导致的土体抗剪强度参数随时间的变化规律。将时变可靠度理论结合有限元强度折减法,提出了考虑软土蠕变对强度影响的高桩码头岸坡时变可靠度算法。采用拉丁超立方抽样方法来改进传统蒙特卡罗法的随机抽样过程,提高计算效率。针对某一岸坡实例,将采用本文算法计算得到的可靠度结果与其他算法评估的结果进行对比分析,验证本文算法的可靠性。最后以我国沿海某高桩码头岸坡为例,基于本文算法评估了该码头岸坡的时变可靠度,分析了岸坡稳定性的时变规律。文中提出的时变可靠度分析方法不仅可以为在役高桩码头岸坡的安全评估提供强有力的技术支撑,同时也能为一些新建工程项目提供一定的参考应用价值。     

板格形导管架桩基码头稳定性简化计算方法

板格形导管架桩基码头是适用于深水域软土地基的新型港口与海岸工程结构。该结构由预制的板格形导管架及桩基构成,承载特性和破坏模式复杂。假定码头结构发生倾覆失稳时,转动点位于前桩轴线上,且距导管架底面距离为L。除结构的自身重量外,综合考虑板格形导管架与周围土体间的摩擦力、桩侧摩阻力、桩侧水平土抗力等,对结构进行极限状态受力分析,建立基于假想支撑点的稳定性分析模型,并通过强度折减法进行计算,求取安全系数。以天津滨海沿岸水文地质条件为背景,利用ABAQUS有限元分析软件,建立板格形导管架桩基码头三维弹塑性有限元模型进行稳定性分析,并与简化方法进行比较。结果表明,通过简化计算方法得到的安全系数与有限元结果较为吻合。     

沉入式大圆筒码头稳定性有限元强度折减法分析

由于作用荷载复杂,沉入式大圆筒码头结构设计计算需要考虑不利情况下的各种荷载组合,难以应用现有的有限元加载系数法进行稳定性分析。有限元强度折减法目前已广泛应用于土体边坡稳定性分析。沉入式大圆筒结构的抗滑、抗倾稳定性是靠地基土的嵌固作用来维持的,可通过弱化土体强度来实现对结构极限破坏状态的模拟。在此假设基础上,建立沉入式大圆筒码头稳定性分析的有限元强度折减法。结合某工程实例,利用有限元强度折减法分析沉入式大圆筒码头结构的稳定性。强度折减法只需对土体的强度进行弱化,操作方便,克服了加载系数法的缺点,适用于码头等作用荷载复杂的结构物稳定性分析。     

边坡安全系数的研究

以某港码头岸坡设计为例,利用极限平衡法和塑性极限分析法对边坡安全系数进行理论分析和对比研究,改进了港口地区岸坡稳定性的计算方法,并通过分析证明了十字板剪切强度指标在实际应用中的合理性。     

横向荷载作用下桩侧极限土抗力的上、下限分析

比较和分析了几种典型的P-Y曲线后发现,桩侧土体在横向荷载达到或接近极限土抗力后会发生塑性流动或软化。因此,极限土抗力的合理取值将影响桩侧土体的稳定性分析。将横向荷载下桩土相互作用的三维解问题简化为二维解处理,并运用土体塑性极限分析理论,采用摩尔-库仑屈服准则和相关联的流动法则,构造机动许可的应变率场和静力许可的应力场,推导出横向荷载作用下适用于粘性土的桩侧极限土抗力的上、下限解。利用南海某平台场址的工程地质钻探资料,计算了横向荷载作用下桩侧极限土抗力的真正极限荷载(Pu),并与由典型的P-Y曲线计算的Pu值作了比较。计算结果表明:在不排水抗剪强度较大的土层,由极限分析上、下限解计算的Pu值与由Reese硬粘土P-Y曲线、Matlock软粘土P-Y曲线和Sullivan统一法P-Y曲线计算的Pu值相差较大;在不排水抗剪强度较小土层,由极限分析的上、下限解计算的Pu值和由其它几种典型的P-Y曲线计算的Pu值吻合较好。极限分析上、下限解受深度影响,深度对桩侧极限土抗力的影响是随其增加而逐渐增大的。验证结果表明,计算的极限土抗力上、下限解的合理性较好,这对高层建筑、核电站、近海采油平台、海岸码头等建筑工程的桩基础设计具有重要的工程意义。     

波浪荷载及土体特性对风电单桩基础水平变形影响规律

大直径单桩基础是海上风电应用广泛的一种基础形式,严格控制桩基泥面处的位移是保证基础稳定和风机安全运营的关键因素.通过数值方法建立了单桩—海床的三维模型,将可以描述海洋砂土超固结性和结构性的弹塑性本构模型通过UMAT子程序嵌入有限元软件ABAQUS中,桩基承受的波浪荷载通过Morison方程进行计算模拟.针对无波浪荷载、仅作用于海床的波浪荷载、同时作用于桩基和海床的波浪荷载三种情况,分析了海床土的动力响应以及桩基的水平位移之间的差异,探讨了海床土体参数对桩基水平变形的影响.研究结果表明海床土体液化会导致桩基水平变形增加,海床土渗透性、超固结性、结构性对桩基水平位移影响显著,研究成果可为海上风电单桩基础的设计与运维提供参考.     

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中桩周土强度弱化研究

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中,桩周土体受到强烈扰动而发生强度弱化,掌握桩周土体强度弱化规律对于准确预测打桩过程、保证工程安全具有重要意义。为研究土体强度弱化规律,开展了环剪试验模拟打桩对桩周土体的扰动,测试土体强度随剪切速率的变化规律,建立了描述土体强度弱化规律的拟合公式,引入到打桩分析软件中。研究结果表明：土体的强度折减程度不仅与土体本身的性质有关还受到土体的埋深和剪切速率的影响,埋深越深土体强度折减程度越低,剪切速率越高土体强度折减越高,在打桩分析中可采用这里推荐的线性折减方法来模拟不同深度处土体强度的折减规律。     

离岸深水全直桩码头承载性能有限元分析

全直桩码头是适于软土地基上离岸深水海域的新型高桩码头结构型式,其承载机理与传统高桩码头存在较大差异,且软土地基循环软化效应显著。建立全直桩码头结构与地基相互作用三维弹塑性有限元模型,基于二次开发采用拟静力法对土体循环软化效应进行模拟。通过有限元模型研究全直桩码头的承载特性与破坏模式,并探讨水平极限承载力的影响因素。研究表明水平荷载作用下,基桩的塑性破坏是结构失稳的控制因素,地基土体的承载力对结构水平极限承载力不起决定性作用;竖向荷载作用下,结构竖向极限承载力由地基土体强度决定。研究范围内入土深度对结构水平极限承载力影响不大,但桩壁厚度减小或考虑土体软化后,结构水平极限承载力明显降低。设计中,增加入土深度可有效减小土体软化引起的水平极限承载力降低程度,且应考虑结构腐蚀和土体软化对水平极限承载力的双重降低效应,为钢管桩预留足够的腐蚀富裕量。     

浙江北部岛屿海域土体稳定性研究

本文探讨了浙江北部岛屿区水道岸坡土体滑动的成因机制与滑坡的形态特征，对在波浪与重力共同作用下的边坡稳定性以及波浪底压引起的砂土液化进行了定量分析。研究表明，岛屿区水道中部与岸坡间强烈的冲淤反差，是该海域岸坡土体滑动不稳定因素积累的主要环境条件。目前发现的多数为中到大型的牵引式滑坡，主要由重力作用所致。对于波浪较大、水深较浅海域的粉砂、细砂分布区，浅表砂层存在着发生液化的可能性。     

考虑桩土相互作用的高桩码头体系等效阻尼比及Pushover分析

为考虑桩土相互作用的高桩码头体系等效阻尼比,将地震作用下高桩码头的滞回耗能定义为各桩塑性铰耗能和桩-土相互作用耗能之和,桩-土相互作用耗能根据p-y曲线和Masing准则定义的滞回环确定,码头结构的塑性铰总耗能为各桩塑性铰耗能的总和,按照正弦激励下一个振动循环内高桩码头体系与相应单自由度体系粘滞耗能相等的原则,推导得到了高桩码头体系等效阻尼比计算公式,并对两个高桩码头进行了Pushover分析。分析表明,土体耗能对高桩码头体系阻尼贡献较大,根据码头各桩塑性铰出现顺序和转动情况计算码头的等效阻尼比更符合实际情况。     

梁板式高桩码头结构整体可靠度计算方法

在环境条件和使用荷载作用下,高桩码头结构损伤和承载力降低是普遍存在的问题。在役梁板式高桩码头结构安全评估,是保证港口设施安全运行的必要措施。结构整体可靠度是结构安全评估的核心指标,但目前尚未建立结构整体可靠度计算的有效方法。基于非线性有限元数值模型,采用蒙特卡罗模拟技术确定了典型梁板式高桩码头结构整体极限承载力概率分布模型及其统计参数,研究了损伤位置、损伤程度和损伤数量等对极限承载力概率分布及其统计参数的影响,明确了无损结构整体极限承载力概率分布模型及其统计参数可用于损伤结构分析。将结构整体极限承载力作为结构抗力随机变量,采用一次二阶矩法计算结构的可靠指标,建立了一种在役梁板式高桩码头结构整体可靠度计算的有效方法。     

基于优化设计理论的高桩码头结构振动有限元模型修正

高桩码头是码头建筑物中应用最广泛的结构形式,利用高桩码头物理模型振动测试结果对码头结构有限元模型的修正进行研究。以结构特征灵敏度分析为基础进行了基于优化理论的有限元模型修正。修正后的有限元模型动力特性更趋近于实测值,同时为高桩码头结构的动力响应分析、损伤诊断和整体性评估提供基准。     

Numerical Studies on Piled Gravity Base Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbine

This study aims to investigate a hybrid gravity base foundation to support offshore wind tower. A new hybrid gravity base foundation considered in this study has five component piles, referred to as ‘piled gravity base foundation’. The three-dimensional finite element analyses were carried out for the piled gravity base foundation subjected to a combined load with a lateral load and overturning moment. The parametric analyses were undertaken varying the loading height and direction, the rigidity of the piled gravity base foundation, the field soil layers, and the clay strength. Overall, the response of the piled gravity base foundation was significantly influenced by the interaction between the cone base piles and the surrounding soil. The increased strength of the soil led to a significant reduction of the pile and gravity base foundation responses, in terms of the bending moments, axial forces, lateral displacements, and rotations.     

A simplified calculation method for axial cyclic degradation of offshore wind turbine foundations in clay

Abstract

Pile foundation is the most popular option for the foundation of offshore wind turbines. The degradation of stiffness and bearing capacity of pile foundation induced by cyclic loading will be harmful for structure safety. In this article, a modified undrained elastic–plastic model considering the cyclic degradation of clay soil is proposed, and a simplified calculation method (SCM) based on shear displacement method is presented to calculate the axial degradated capacity of a single pile foundation for offshore wind turbines resisting cyclic loadings. The conception of plastic zone thickness R_p is introduced to obtain the function between accumulated plastic strain and displacement of soil around pile side. The axial ultimate capacity of single piles under axial cyclic loading calculated by this simplified analysis have a good consistency with the results from the finite element analysis, which verifies the accuracy and reliability of this method. As an instance, the behavior of pile foundation of an offshore wind farm under cyclic load is studied using the proposed numerical method and SCM. This simplified method may provide valuable reference for engineering design.     

Estimation of the Effect of Lateral Flow on Piled Bridge Abutments in Soft Ground Considering Piled Slabs as a Countermeasure of the Abutments

The effectiveness of a simple method to estimate the lateral movement of piled bridge abutments due to lateral flow from the safety factor (Fs) of slope stability analysis was studied. This was accomplished through the construction and measurement of actual piled bridge abutments and its backfill, with and without piled slabs as a countermeasure. To do this, a computer program SLOPILE (VER 3.0) considering the lateral earth pressure acting on a row of piled bridge abutment was developed. SLOPILE (VER 3.0) can calculate the slope stability for both planar failure surfaces in infinite slopes and arc failure surfaces based on Fellenius or Bishop simplified methods. SLOPILE (VER 3.0) was utilized to design the piled bridge abutment reinforced by a piled slab at a real site. The piled slab can effectively prevent the lateral flow of soft ground and satisfy not only the safety factor of a slope but also the allowable bearing capacity of piles. To verify the design method, an instrumentation system was adapted. The instrumentation results from a case study clearly showed that the piled slab effectively resisted the lateral movement of a bridge abutment due to placement of backfill. Also, the surcharge loads due to backfill were supported by the piled slab and transmitted to the bedrock through the piled slab.     

Investigation on Cutting Stability of Jacket in Decommissioning Process

Jacket cutting operation is one of the most complicated and highest risk operations in the process of decommissioning offshore piled platform, the security and stability of which must be assured. In this paper, the current research on offshore structure removal and jacket cutting is introduced, on the basis of which the types of load along with the load calculation method are determined. The main influences on the stability of a jacket in cutting are analyzed. The experiment test plan is drawn by using orthogonal testing method, and the formula of critical load during the cutting procedure is deduced by differential evolution algorithm. To verify the method and results of this paper, an offshore piled platform to be decommissioned in the South China Sea is taken for an example, and the detailed schedule for jacket cutting is made with the three-dimensional finite element model of the jacket established. The natural frequency, stress, strain and stability of the jacket during cutting process are calculated, which indicates that the results of finite element analysis agree well with that of the deduced formula. The result provides the scientific reference for guaranteeing the safety of jacket in cutting operation.     

Numerical Analyses of Bearing Capacity of Deep-Embedded Large-Diameter Cylindrical Structure on Soft Ground Against Lateral Loads

1 .IntroductionThe large-diameter cylindrical structure for coastal and offshore engineering has been widely usedin China .Thistype of structureis composed of a steel or reinforced concrete cylindrical thin-wall shellplaced partlyintothe ground by a speci…     

广州港新沙港区板桩码头结构设计方案比选分析

介绍了广州港新沙港区板桩码头主要内力计算方法及常用软件,结合设计过程、工程地质情况、现场实际施工情况,着重从受力合理性、施工便利性、节省造价方面,对提出的钢板桩方案、钢管板桩方案进行比较分析,确定了钢管板桩结构更合理,并对优势进行总结。研究表明相对于钢板桩结构,钢管板桩结构在抗弯、抗变形、拉杆拉力和锚碇墙稳定性、对复杂地基(软弱土层较厚、岩层标高较高的地基)适应性、兼顾桩基基础、施工速度等方面更具备优势,且钢管板桩结构可更好的适应码头的大型化和深水化发展,在类似工程设计中可优先采用钢管板桩结构。