喷冲系统降低拔桩阻力有效性的试验研究

自升式作业平台是勘探开采海洋油气资源的重要装备。在其使用期内,需要多次移动位置。移动之前,自升式平台通过桩腿拔出桩靴。拔桩过程可能因地质条件复杂而费时费力。喷冲系统对降低拔桩阻力的功效明显。通过单喷嘴试验,本文研究不同地质条件下的喷冲参数变化规律,并探讨参数之间的相互影响。通过桩靴模型喷冲试验,验证喷冲系统降低拔桩阻力的有效性。试验结果将为进一步设计能够有效降低自升式平台拔桩阻力的喷冲系统提供技术支持。     

基于拔桩能力的自升式平台海外作业优选

针对某海外项目中可能遇到的钻井平台压载后入泥深度过大和拔桩困难的问题,开展平台优选计算。首先搜集了预定作业井位周围井位的地质勘查资料,利用二次插值法进行作业井位地质勘察数据计算,据此计算了桩脚入泥深度,并根据作业平台结构参数计算了平台的拔桩阻力。为解决平台极限拔桩能力小于拔桩阻力的问题,设计了可控冲桩阀和冲桩系统以消除或减小桩靴底部的吸附力、桩靴侧部土体剪切力和桩靴上部土重。最后将平台拔桩能力与最终拔桩阻力进行对比,给出平台推荐结果。     

自升式钻井平台水下部分检验的一种新方法

为确保钻井平台常年处于海上作业的安全,各国船级社都规定了对平台水下部分定期检验的要求。平均每隔两年进行一次水下部分的检验,每隔四年进行一次特别检验,且延期最长不得超过12个月。对自升式海上钻井平台来说,“水下部分”指的是水下部分的桩腿和桩靴,特别是桩靴,在海底插桩作业时易受损坏。而桩腿与桩靴连结处,更是验船师最为注意的地方。因此,如何使桩靴“出水”(升出水面)或“不出水”而能为验船师提供     

基于锥形破坏面的桩靴式钻井平台插桩阻力分析

在分析桩靴式钻井平台插桩过程中地基土的破坏形式的基础上,将桩靴下土体破坏面假定为锥形面,根据极限平衡理论,推导出了均匀、双层地基土中基于被动土压力的插桩阻力计算公式。通过插桩实例对所推导的公式进行了验证,分析比较了极限承载力与插桩阻力的异同,讨论了插桩阻力计算公式推导过程中土体假设为锥形破坏面的合理性,认为本文推导的插桩阻力计算公式作为桩靴式钻井平台插桩深度预测方法更接近实际插桩结果。     

复杂地层下土塞破坏模式在大型自升式钻井平台插桩中的应用

自升式钻井平台在海洋石油开采中得到了广泛的应用。桩腿的刺穿安全性分析是钻井平台插桩分析的重点。随着钻井平台建造越来越大,压载过程中,桩靴对土层的破坏模式也发生了改变,一种新的土层破坏模式(土塞破坏模式)在大直径桩靴压载过程中经常发生。分析了在复杂地层下,常规破坏模式和土塞破坏模式发生的机理,并对土塞破坏模式下计算桩靴入泥深度的基本公式进行了介绍。根据多次工程实践以及案例分析表明,土塞破坏分析模式能够较为准确地预测大型钻井平台在复杂地层下的桩靴入泥深度,为钻井平台操作者提供可靠的资料和安全分析。     

自升式平台分段延时插桩法在浅层气海域的应用

海底浅层气一般指海床浅地层内聚集的气体,是一种典型的海洋灾害地质类型,施工作业时一旦发生灾害,将对生命财产造成不可估量的损失。本文通过介绍海底浅层气的性质和危害,同时对辽东湾浅层气海域的进行工程物探资料分析,结合浅层气海域地层物性的特点,针对带桩靴的自升式平台在浅层气海域桩的插桩过程中存在的风险,提出了自升式平台分段延时插桩方法。并通过实践,指导中油海6平台在该海域的成功插桩,验证了该方法在浅层气海域插桩的可行性,同时实现了桩靴式自升式平台在该区块作业的零突破,具有一定的指导意义。     

黏土地基上海洋平台桩靴峰值阻力上限分析

在自升式平台的预压载过程中，桩靴在层状地基上较易发生“穿刺”现象，很大程度上影响着平台的安全运行。准确地分析桩靴峰值阻力，避免平台桩靴发生“穿刺”是非常重要的。采用极限分析上限定理，合理构建运动许可速度场，从理论上推导了层状地基上桩靴峰值阻力的上限解答。为了进一步验证峰值阻力理论解答的准确性，采用ABAQUS有限元软件构建了“桩靴—弹塑性海床”的三维数值模型，对桩靴贯入海床的过程进行了数值模拟，分析桩靴周围土体的塑性变形演变规律，研究土体的破坏机理。研究结果表明：推导的桩靴峰值阻力上限解答，能够较好地计算层状地基极限承载能力，通过与离心机试验和数值结果对比，计算误差在18%以内；给出的运动许可速度场能够较好地反映桩靴周围土体破坏模式；桩靴阻力达到峰值时，下层软土中的土塞高度约为桩靴直径的0.2倍。     

基于数据库的钻井平台插桩就位预测系统设计与实现

为满足海上自升式钻井平台的合理选型,设计制作了钻井平台插桩就位预测系统。该系统实现了海底地质构造成分、周围管线电缆信息、就位处老桩靴印影响、对接生产平台结构布置等数据信息的统一管理,并结合钻井平台插桩就位的工作经验,将钻井平台选型及就位方案设计过程规范化、模型化。通过对数据库的不断完善和应用,完成钻井平台、生产平台、海底地质资料的存储、管理及应用。     

海洋桩靴基础穿刺破坏实时预测研究

海上自升式钻井平台以其造价低廉、便于移动和安装的优势被广泛应用于海洋地质勘察、风电安装和油气开采等领域,其基础类型多为桩靴基础。为了保证平台能在恶劣的海洋环境中安全作业,桩靴基础需要贯入海床以下一定深度以获得足够的承载力。然而,当桩靴基础在上硬下软土层中贯入时可能发生穿刺破坏导致平台损坏甚至倾覆。已有的桩靴穿刺破坏分析方法基于预设的地层参数预测穿刺荷载,由于无法考虑海床中地层及土性的不确定性,其准确性有待提高。将桩靴基础贯入过程中的监测数据与穿刺破坏机理相结合,通过66组离心机模型试验结果表征土体不确定性的影响,发展贝叶斯预测模型,实现了峰值阻力和穿刺深度的实时预测。基于规范推荐的荷载扩展分析法和冲剪系数分析法,建立了适用于规范法的概率模型,采用该模型对上砂下黏土层中桩靴基础的穿刺行为进行了预测,结果表明所提方法的预测精度随着监测数据的增加而提高,预测得到的峰值阻力误差在10%以内。     

新型平台桩靴在“砂-黏”地层中穿刺的数值模拟研究

开发了一种新型平台桩靴,可通过活动板转动实现自升式平台不同阶段桩靴受力面积的灵活变化。基于大变形有限元方法,模拟新型桩靴基础在“砂-黏”地层中的贯入过程,分析了活动板转角、砂层厚度比、摩擦角和黏土层不排水抗剪强度对新型桩靴贯入阻力的影响,并与普通桩靴的贯入响应比较。数值分析中,上覆砂土和下层黏土分别采用摩尔库伦模型和修正Tresca模型进行模拟。结果表明：新型桩靴穿刺时,土层参数对峰值阻力的影响规律与普通桩靴相同,但其峰值阻力随活动板转角的变化而变化,无法直接使用具有等效面积普通桩靴的穿刺预测方法。考虑各项关键影响因素,结合穿刺破坏时的地基破坏模式,基于数值模拟结果提出了适用于新型桩靴的贯入阻力预测公式。     

有限元法在桩靴承载力计算中的应用

自升式钻井平台插桩是地基土在桩靴荷载作用下发生连续的塑性破坏的动态过程,当地基极限承载力等于桩靴荷载时插桩完成。经典土力学极限承载力理论对土体潜在滑动面做了假设,无法有效分析土体内部的破坏过程。本研究应用有限元法（FEM ）对插桩过程进行了模拟,得到地基土的破坏机制以及中间荷载下土体的应力、应变情况,通过和各理论公式计算的极限承载力进行对比分析,分析影响地基极限承载力的因素。研究表明,基础宽度与硬土层厚度的比值 B/H越大,下卧软土层越容易发生塑性破坏,极限承载力明显下降,当B/H＜0．286时,可以忽略下卧软土层对地基承载力的影响。     

压力注浆螺旋钢管桩抗拔承载性能试验研究

针对海相软土地区螺旋钢管桩承载力低与腐蚀问题,提出一种新型压力注浆螺旋钢管桩,并设计5根足尺试验桩,进行现场抗拔承载性能试验,研究螺旋叶片直径与排布方式对成桩直径与桩基抗拔承载性能的影响.结果表明,成桩直径与螺旋叶片直径呈正相关,在每节延长段钢管末端设置螺旋叶片利于提高水泥土柱完整性,使成桩直径更为饱满,提高桩基的抗拔承载性能.将试验结果和现行规范抗拔极限承载力计算结果进行对比,计算结果约为实测平均值的94％,在此基础上提出压力注浆螺旋钢管桩抗拔承载力计算参数修正建议,为后续的设计提供参考.     

A review on the behavior of helical piles as a potential offshore foundation system

Abstract

Helical piles are used mainly to resist tension forces generated by uplift and overturning moments of various structures, therefore they have been suggested as a potential alternative to driven piles as offshore pile because they provide a large uplift capacity due to the anchor effect of the helix. To date no standards are available for the assessment of the use of helical piles in the offshore environment. State-of-the art installation and uplift capacity assessment is based on field onshore tests on small helical piles. The purpose of this review is to critically evaluate the current knowledge on helical piles considering uplift capacity, cyclic load, installation torque models and the parameters affecting the installation torque, to understand whether they can be considered for potential offshore applications. The paper could be of valuable interest for engineers and contractors involved in the offshore installation of piles.     

Model experimental research on uplift single pile in calcareous sand of South China Sea

Vertical uplift static loading tests of single model pile were conducted in the in-lab calcareous sand and quartz sand by emulating practical condition of full-size piles in site. The settlement, lateral deflection, axial force, and friction distribution of the pile are analyzed for each physical test. The pile behaviors in calcareous sand and quartz sand are compared. From the test results, it can be found that the pile top displacement of uplift pile in calcareous sand can be divided into two stages: the pile–sand synchronous stage and pile–sand asynchronous (relative displacement) stage. Data from uplift tests show that the heave of calcareous sand around pile top is very small, which is resulted from the mutually restraint of surface particle. The mutual restriction of surface particle leads to “bottleneck effect” and strengthens ultimate side friction of upper pile segment. In addition, the shear dilatancy and particle breakage of calcareous sand lead to the upper harden and the lower soften of side friction, respectively. Cases of calcareous sand and quartz sand show different responses to pile forming methods, which due to the sands’ different characteristics of particle breakage when compressed as well as plastic deformation under loading–unloading conditions.     

Design equations of uplift capacity of circular piles in sands

Uplift capacity of circular piles in sands is one important design parameter for many pile foundations supporting important structures subjected to tensile forces. Even though a number of formulas based on the limit equilibrium or semi-empirical methods are proposed to predict the uplift capacity of piles in sands, there is a major limitation of the methods in obtaining the accurate predictions. In this paper, the computational limit analysis is employed to investigate the uplift capacity of circular piles in sands. The effects of the important variables including pile length and diameter, soil friction angle and unit weight, and roughness factor at soil-pile interface are examined extensively using the dimensionless parameters while the predicted failure mechanisms associated with the parameters are discussed and compared. Approximate statistical design equations of the uplift capacity of circular piles in sands are developed based on the numerically derived solutions and the existing experimental data. It is found that the proposed design equations provide the most accurate prediction of the uplift capacity of circular piles in sands as compared to the existing formulas.     

Closure to discussion “A review on the behavior of helical piles as a potential offshore foundation system”

Abstract

A closure on the recent discussion regarding the review on the behavior of helical piles as a potential offshore foundation system by the Authors is presented. Installation torque, uplift capacity, installation effects, model pile, installation speed and results proposed by Discussers are commented.     

Centrifuge evaluation of the influential factors in the uplift capacity of suction foundations in clay

The passive suction of suction foundations plays a significant role in pull-out resistance. The factors influencing the uplift capacity include stress state, embedment ratio, and loading rate. This article investigates the effect of embedment ratio and loading rate on the bearing behavior of suction foundations using centrifuge testing. A series of uplift tests on a suction foundation in clay were performed using a beam centrifuge. During the tests, uplift displacement, suction, and loading rate were monitored. The suction was obtained by measurement of water pressure. To compare the influence of different factors on uplift capacity due to passive suction, two types of uplift tests were conducted; the first was on the closed caisson and the second was on the vented caisson. The results show that the pull-out resistance increased with an increase of the uplift loading rate, which was induced by the suction. The maximum resistance occurred when the upward displacements reached 14%D under a ratio of skirt length (L) to diameter (D) (L/D) of 0.5 and 17%D under an L/D ratio of 2. These findings provide a way for suction caissons to resist pull-out load or for structures to be removed from the seabed.     

扩底抗拔桩动态变形全过程承载特性模型试验研究

利用砂土中扩底抗拔桩的模型试验,研究从开始加载到破坏时扩底抗拔桩地基动态变形全过程的承载特性。试验结果表明:半模试验得到的极限荷载和破坏面均略小于全模试验结果,采用半模试验测量地基变形过程与破坏模式有明显优势,用半模试验代替全模试验是可行的;随着桩顶荷载的增加,扩大头上方的土体由压缩变形逐渐发展为局部的压缩—剪切破坏;扩大头对其上部的桩侧摩阻力有增强作用,对其下部的桩侧摩阻力有削弱作用;扩大头在工作荷载、极限荷载和破坏荷载作用时分担的荷载比例为15%~20%。     

基于椭圆型滑动面的砂土中条形锚板上拔承载力计算方法

对于砂土中的竖向拉拔锚板,锚周土体滑动面的形态会随埋深比的增大而发生变化。基于滑动面连续演化的观点,审视了既有统一模型中滑动面形态表征函数的不足,在此基础上,提出了一种新的椭圆形态函数,并建立了相应的统一力学分析模型,提出了新的承载力计算方法。结果表明：新的形态函数能更好地反映滑动面的实际形态,承载力计算新方法也表现出了更好的适应性。     

Discussion: A review on the behaviour of helical piles as a potential offshore foundation system

Abstract

Helical piles have emerged as an attractive foundation system for offshore applications with renewed interest from the offshore community. Significant research gap currently exists in transferring this technology offshore and this paper discusses how existing and emerging knowledge can be successfully used to bridge some of the gaps. We focus on the Coupled Eulerian Lagrangian (CEL) large deformation finite element (LDFE) modelling technique that is commercially available and can be used to model the three-dimensional installation process with consideration of strain rate and softening effects in soft offshore clays. A helical pile of L?=?7.5?m long is modelled with one or two large-diameter helices (D?=?2?m) attached to a central shaft of d?=?0.5?m in diameter.The net effect of strain rate and softening is to increase the installation torque. The measured torque is within the range of 200–400?kN.m for the offshore clay and the pile geometry studied. Additional helices increase the uplift force but to a lesser degree than that of the measured torque. Remoulding induced strength reduction is found to be within the range of 25–33% of the intact clay strength. Issues of extracting and reusing offshore helical pile foundations are discussed.