Full-scale observations of dynamic and static axial responses of offshore piles driven in chalk and tills
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Buckley, Roisin
Jardine, Richard
Kontoe, Stavroula
Barbosa, Pedro
Schroeder, Felix
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This paper describes and interprets tests on piles driven through glacial tills and chalk at a Baltic Sea windfarm, covering an advance trial campaign and later production piling. The trials involved six instrumented 1.37m diameter steel open-ended tubes driven in water depths up to 42m. Three piles were tested statically, with dynamic re-strike tests on paired piles, at 12-15 week ages. Instrumented dynamic driving and re-strike monitoring followed on up to 3.7m diameter production piles. During driving, the shaft resistances developed at fixed depths below sea-bed fell markedly during driving, with particularly sharp reductions occurring in the chalk. Shaft resistances increased markedly after driving and good agreement was seen between long-term capacities interpreted from parallel static and dynamic tests. Analyses employing the sites’ geotechnical profiles show long-term shaft resistances in the chalk that far exceed those indicated by current design recommendations, while newly proposed procedures offer good predictions. The shaft capacities mobilised in the low-plasticity tills also grew significantly over time, within the broad ranges reported for sandy soils. The value of offshore field testing in improving project outcomes and design rules is demonstrated; the approach described may be applied to other difficult seabed conditions.
Date Issued
2020-08-01
Date Acceptance
2019-06-24
Citation
Géotechnique, 2020, 70 (8), pp.657-681
ISSN
0016-8505
Publisher
Thomas Telford
Start Page
657
End Page
681
Journal / Book Title
Géotechnique
Volume
70
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© ICE Publishing, all rights reserved. Original article available at https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/jgeot.19.TI.001. Permission is granted by ICE Publishing to print one copy for personal use. Any other use of these PDF files is subject to reprint fees.
Sponsor
Technology Strategy Board
Institution of Civil Engineers
Institution of Civil Engineers
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Scottishpower Renewables (UK) Limited
Grant Number
101968
1603
R & D 0213
EP/P033091/1
TBC
Subjects
0905 Civil Engineering
0907 Environmental Engineering
0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy
Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-07-14