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Modelling screwpile installation using the MPM

Wang, L.; Coombs, W.M.; Augarde, C.E.; Brown, M.; Knappett, J.; Brennan, A.; Richards, D.; Blake, A.

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Authors

L. Wang

M. Brown

J. Knappett

A. Brennan

D. Richards

A. Blake



Contributors

A. Rohe
Editor

K. Soga
Editor

H. Teunissen
Editor

B. Z. Coelho
Editor

Abstract

Screwpiles are, as the name suggests, piled foundations which are screwed into the ground. They provide restraint to both upwards and downward loading directions and are commonly used for light structures subject to overturning or wind loading, such as sign gantries at the sides of motorways. An EPSRC-funded project led by University of Dundee has recently started, with Durham and Southampton as partners, in which the use of screwpiles (individual or in groups) for offshore foundations is under investigation. At Durham, a numerical modelling framework based on the material point method (MPM) is being developed for the installation phase of a screwpile. The aim is to use the model to provide an accurate representation of the in situ ground conditions once the pile is installed, as during installation the ground is disturbed and any model that “wishes in place” a screwpile may not provide representative long-term performance predictions. Following modelling of installation, the soil state will be transferred to a standard finite element package for the subsequent modelling of in-service performance (the MPM being considered unnecessary and computationally expensive for this phase of the life of a screwpile). In this preliminary work, we present the development of features of this numerical tool to simulate the screwpile installation. These features include a moving mesh concept (both translation and rotation) and interface elements. The effectiveness of the algorithm is illustrated through simple examples.

Citation

Wang, L., Coombs, W., Augarde, C., Brown, M., Knappett, J., Brennan, A., …Blake, A. (2017). Modelling screwpile installation using the MPM. Procedia engineering, 175, 124-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.01.040

Journal Article Type Conference Paper
Conference Name 1st International Conference on the Material Point Method (MPM 2017)
Conference Location Delft, Netherlands
Acceptance Date Dec 5, 2016
Online Publication Date Feb 27, 2017
Publication Date Feb 27, 2017
Deposit Date Jan 17, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jan 18, 2017
Journal Procedia Engineering
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 175
Pages 124-132
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.01.040
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1147081

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