Imperial College London
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Dr David M. G. Taborda

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Reader in Geomechanical Modelling
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6033d.taborda Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Sue Feller +44 (0)20 7594 6077

 
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Location

 

432Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Burd:2017,
author = {Burd, HJ and Byrne, BW and McAdam, R and Houlsby, GT and Martin, CM and Beuckelaers, WJAP and Zdravkovic, L and Taborda, DMG and Potts, DM and Jardine, RJ and Gavin, K and Doherty, P and Igoe, D and Skov, Gretlund J and Pacheco, Andrade M and Muir, Wood A},
title = {Foundation Design of Offshore Wind Structures},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/55424},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This paper describes the outcome of a recently completed research project – known as PISA – on the development of a new process for the design of monopile foundations for offshore wind turbine support structures. The PISA research was concerned with the use of field testing and three-dimensional (3D) finite element analysis to develop and calibrate a new one-dimensional (1D) design model. The resulting 1D design model is based on the same basic assumptions and principles that underlie the current p-y method, but the method is extended to include additional components of soil reaction acting on the pile, and enhanced to provide an improved representation of the soil-pile interaction behaviour. Mathematical functions – termed ‘soil reaction curves’ – are employed to represent the individual soil reaction components in the 1D design model. Values of the parameters needed to specify the soil reaction curves for a particular design scenario are determined using a set of 3D finite element calibration analyses. The PISA research was focused on two particular soil types (overconsolidated clay till and dense sand) that commonly occur in north European coastal waters. The current paper provides an overview of the field testing and 3D modelling aspects of the project, and then focuses on the development, calibration and application of the PISA design approach for monopiles in dense sand.
AU  - Burd,HJ
AU  - Byrne,BW
AU  - McAdam,R
AU  - Houlsby,GT
AU  - Martin,CM
AU  - Beuckelaers,WJAP
AU  - Zdravkovic,L
AU  - Taborda,DMG
AU  - Potts,DM
AU  - Jardine,RJ
AU  - Gavin,K
AU  - Doherty,P
AU  - Igoe,D
AU  - Skov,Gretlund J
AU  - Pacheco,Andrade M
AU  - Muir,Wood A
PY  - 2017///
TI  - Foundation Design of Offshore Wind Structures
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/55424
ER  -
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