Failure Envelope of Suction Caisson Foundations in Clay Subjected to Combined Loads

Sangwook Kang; Donghyun Lee; Donghyuk Jung; Taek Hee Han; Jaehun Ahn

doi:10.7843/kgs.2024.40.2.95

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Failure Envelope of Suction Caisson Foundations in Clay Subjected to Combined Loads 점성토 지반에 시공된 석션 케이슨 기초의 파괴포락선 산정

30 April 2024. pp. 95-103

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Abstract

The global increase in population and subsequent scarcity of terrestrial living spaces necessitates exploration of alternative habitats. Research into the development of underwater living areas provides promising avenues for the expansion of human living spaces and the use of marine environments. This study focuses on the failure envelope of suction caisson foundations subjected to combined loads in a marine setting, utilizing finite element analysis. The foundation is assumed to be embedded in clay characterized by a linear increase in undrained shear strength with depth, employing the von Mises constitutive model for the clay. The resulting failure envelope is represented as a tilted ellipse which expands as the undrained shear strength increases, maintaining a constant ratio between the major and minor axes. A comparative analysis of two suction caisson foundations with varying length-to-diameter ratios revealed that this ratio influences the dimensions of the failure envelope, with a tendency for the major-to-minor axis ratio to increase as the length-to-diameter ratio increases. These findings are critical for the design of suction caisson foundations in offshore environments.

Keywords

Combined loads

Failure envelope

Numerical analysis

Suction caisson foundation

Underwater space

세계 인구의 지속적인 증가와 주거 공간 부족에 대한 대응으로, 인류 거주 영역의 새로운 대안과 해양 환경의 활용 방향을 제시하기 위해, 해저 공간 개발에 대한 연구가 수행되고 있다. 석션 케이슨 기초는 해저 공간 개발을 위해 연구되고 있는 기초 유형 중 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 유한요소해석을 통해 해양 환경하에 조합하중이 가해진 석션 케이슨 기초의 파괴포락선을 산정하였다. 유한요소해석의 지반은 깊이에 따라 강도가 선형적으로 증가하는 점토 지반으로 가정하였으며, 점토의 구성모델로 von Mises 모델을 적용하였다. 전반적으로 파괴포락선의 형태는 기울어진 타원의 형태를 나타냈다. 깊이에 따른 비배수전단강도의 증가 추세가 커지는 경우, 파괴포락선은 장축과 단축의 비율은 유지되며 크기가 증가하였다. 길이 대 직경비가 다른 두 석션 케이슨 기초의 파괴포락선을 비교했을 때, 길이 대 직경비가 증가함에 따라 석션 케이슨 기초의 파괴포락선의 장축과 단축의 비율이 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 본 해석 결과는 해양 환경에서 석션 케이슨 기초의 설계에 유용한 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

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Publisher :The Korean Geotechnical Society
Publisher(Ko) :한국지반공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
Journal Title(Ko) :한국지반공학회 논문집
Volume : 40
No :2
Pages :95-103
Received Date : 2024-04-08
Revised Date : 2024-04-15
Accepted Date : 2024-04-16
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2024.40.2.95

Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society ISSN:1229-2427(Print) 2288-646X(Online) 한국지반공학회 논문집

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