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Rigid pile response to cyclic lateral loading: Laboratory tests

cam.issuedOnline2018-11-13
dc.contributor.authorAbadie, CN
dc.contributor.authorByrne, BW
dc.contributor.authorHoulsby, GT
dc.contributor.orcidAbadie, CN [0000-0002-5586-6560]
dc.contributor.orcidByrne, BW [0000-0002-9704-0767]
dc.contributor.orcidHoulsby, GT [0000-0001-5807-8781]
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-18T00:30:45Z
dc.date.available2019-01-18T00:30:45Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstract<jats:p> This paper presents experimental work aimed at improving understanding of the behaviour of rigid monopiles, in cohesionless soils, subjected to lateral cyclic loading. It involves 1g laboratory model tests, scaled to represent monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines. The test programme is designed to identify the key mechanisms governing pile response, and is divided into four main parts: (a) investigation of loading rate effects; (b) hysteretic behaviour during unloading and reloading; (c) pile response due to long-term single-amplitude cyclic loading; and (d) multi-amplitude cyclic loads. The results show that the pile response conforms closely to the extended Masing rules, with additional permanent deformation accumulated during non-symmetric cyclic loads. This ratcheting behaviour is characterised by two features: first, the ratcheting rate decreases with cycle number and depends on the cyclic load magnitude, and second, the shape of the hysteresis loop tightens progressively, involving increased secant stiffness and decreased loop area. Test results involving multi-amplitude load scenarios demonstrate that the response of the pile to complex load scenarios can be analysed and understood using the conclusions from single-amplitude cyclic loading. Such test results should be sufficient for deriving the principles of new modelling approaches. </jats:p>
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.35470
dc.identifier.eissn1751-7656
dc.identifier.issn0016-8505
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288154
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThomas Telford Ltd.
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.16.p.325
dc.subjectlaboratory tests
dc.subjectoffshore engineering
dc.subjectpiles & piling
dc.subjectplasticity
dc.subjectrepeated loading
dc.subjectsands
dc.subjectstiffness
dc.titleRigid pile response to cyclic lateral loading: Laboratory tests
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-11-07
prism.endingPage876
prism.issueIdentifier10
prism.publicationDate2019
prism.publicationNameGeotechnique
prism.startingPage863
prism.volume69
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-10-01
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionAM
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