A unified lateral soil reaction model for monopiles in soft clay considering various length-to-diameter (L/D) ratios

L Wang, Y Lai, Y Hong, D Mašín - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Large-diameter monopiles are the most commonly used foundation to support offshore wind
turbines. Early designs usually adopted pile diameters (D) between 4 and 6 m, which is …

A review on conventional and innovative pile system for offshore wind turbines

D Rathod, KT Krishnanunni, D Nigitha - Geotechnical and Geological …, 2020 - Springer
This paper includes a brief review of analytical, experimental and numerical studies carried
out on conventional and innovative piles subjected to monotonic and cyclic lateral loads …

Offshore wind turbine monopile foundations: Design perspectives

BK Gupta, D Basu - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Perspectives on design of offshore wind turbine (OWT) monopile foundations are provided
in this paper by logically adopting optimal analysis choices with a balance between …

A new soil reaction model for large-diameter monopiles in clay

G Cao, X Ding, Z Yin, H Zhou, P Zhou - Computers and Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering the limits of the traditional py method and the omission of the non-negligible
additional lateral resistance components for large-diameter monopiles, the effects of …

Timoshenko beam theory–based analytical solution of laterally loaded large-diameter monopiles

XD Zhang, BJ Li, ZX Yang, BT Zhu, RQ Xu… - Computers and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Monopiles are one of the major types of foundation systems for offshore wind turbines. To
obtain the responses of large-diameter monopiles under lateral loading, a four–spring beam …

A novel hybrid monopile foundation for offshore wind turbines

H Ma, J Yang - Ocean engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a hybrid monopile foundation for offshore wind turbines. It is an ultra-
high performance concrete-filled double skin steel tubular structure (CFDST) used as a …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-spring model for monopile analysis in soft clays

D Fu, Y Zhang, KK Aamodt, Y Yan - Marine Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The offshore wind industry in China has seen a rapid development in recent years and is
projected to account for half of global yearly installed capacity in the years to come …

[HTML][HTML] Lateral behavior of monopiles in sand under monotonic loading: Insights and a new simple design model

H Wang, BM Lehane, MF Bransby, LZ Wang, Y Hong… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a synthesis of recent and new research conducted by the authors on
laterally loaded monopiles in drained sand. The research involved reduced-scale field tests …

[HTML][HTML] Site-specific soil reaction model for monopiles in soft clay based on laboratory element stress-strain curves

Y Lai, L Wang, Y Zhang, Y Hong - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-diameter monopiles are the predominant foundation solution for supporting offshore
wind turbines. They are conventionally designed using soil reaction curves developed for …

Lateral response of monopile reinforced by cement-improved soil in clay to monotonic and cyclic loadings: Laboratory model test and theoretical investigation

H OuYang, G Dai, L Gao, A Wang, W Gong - Marine Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
A systematic study was performed in laboratory model tests to assess the response of
cement-improved reinforced monopiles to lateral monotonic and cyclic loading in clay. The …