Performance of composite foundations with different load transfer platforms and substratum stiffness over silty clay

The semi-rigid pile-supported composite foundation is widely used in highway projects due to its effectiveness in increasing the bearing capacity and stability of foundations.It is crucial to understand the stress distribution across the embankment width and the behaviour of unreinforced foundations.Thus,five centrifuge tests were conducted to examine the bearing and deformation behaviours of NPRS(Non-Connected Piled Raft Systems)and GRPS(GeosyntheticReinforced Pile-Supported systems)with varying substratum stiffness,then a comparative analysis was conducted on embankment settlement,pressures underneath the embankments,and axial forces along the piles.The results indicated that greater substratum stiffness correlates with reduced settlement and deformation at various depths.Deformation occurring 5 meters from the embankment toe includes settlement in NPRS and upward movement in GRPS.The potential sliding surface is primarily located within the embankment in NPRS,whereas it may extend through both the embankment and foundation in GRPS.The pile-soil stress ratio and efficiency in NPRS are higher than in GRPS across the embankment.The axial force borne by end-bearing piles is significantly greater than that by floating piles.As the buried depth increases,the axial force in GRPS initially rises then declines,whereas in NPRS,it remains relatively constant within a certain range before decreasing.This study aids in assessing the applicability of composite foundations in complex railway environments and provides a reference for procedural measures under similar conditions.

Design of Offshore Wind Power Foundation with Multi-bucket

Three- and four-bucket offshore wind power foundations with a new form of force-transferring structure are proposed in this paper, and the integrated finite element model of foundation-soil-transition structure is established by using ABAQUS. The carrying capacity of the proposed foundations is studied under vertical load, horizontal load and bending moment. It can be seen that the vertical bearing capacity of multi-bucket foundation can be roughly estimated by the vertical bearing capacity of single-bucket; the horizontal bearing capacity of the three-bucket foundation scheme is controlled by displacement, while that of the four-bucket foundation scheme is controlled by the internal forces of soils. Moreover, the carrying capacity is provided by the overall structure formed by multi-bucket before soil failure. Compared with the conventional single-bucket foundation, there are mainly tension and pressure that are applied to the multi-bucket foundation, so that the carrying capacity of the foundation can be fully utilized. The probability of soil failure can be well reduced with the proposed multi-bucket foundation, and the stress transmission of force-transferring structure is more consistent through steel beams with variable cross-section.

Lateral Bearing Capacity of Multi-Bucket Foundation in Soft Ground

The bucket foundation is a new type of foundation for offshore application to intermediate-depth waters. It has advantages over conventional ones. However, there is no consensus in the analysis and design of this type of foundation. In this paper, the lateral bearing capacity and the failure mechanism of multi-bucket foundations are studied with different connection stiffness and bucket spacing by use of a three-dimensional finite element method. Based on the numerical analysis results, a limit analysis method of plasticity for evaluating the lateral bearing capacity of large-spacing multi- bucket foundation with rigid connection in soft ground is proposed. This method provides a simple procedure that gives results comparable to those from the finite element analyses.

Analysis of Dynamic Interaction Between Deeply Embedded Platform and Foundation Soil

-Dynamic interaction characteristics of the model deeply embedded platform and foundation soil are studied by means of dynamic substructuring interface transformation synthesis and dynamic condensation. The theoretical analysis, computer programs and practical examples are presented; and the results are compared with those obtained by statical condensation method and finite element method.

Test Research on Influence of Draft on Towing Behaviors of 3-Bucket Foundation Platform

To investigate the natural frequencies and towing behaviors of a 3-bucket foundation platform at different drafts, the decay and towing experiments were carried out in a towing tank on a scale of 1:20. The air pressure inside the bucket foundations, the water pressure at the bottom of the bucket foundations, the acceleration of the platform and the towing force were determined in the test process. The time-history curves of the measured parameters were obtained, and the frequency responses of the parameters at different drafts were analyzed by means of fast Fourier transform(FFT). The results showed that the platform natural frequency of heave decreased slightly with the rise of draft. The natural frequencies of roll and pitch are much lower than that of heave, and they increased slightly with the increase of draft. When towing in the following sea, the maximum acceleration of surge, sway and heave has downward trends with the increase of draft, but the change range decreased gradually with the increase of draft. When the draft is 5.0 m(the ratio of draft to bucket height is 0.56), the towing dynamic responses achieve the maximum, which is not conducive to the towing of the platform. When the draft is 6.0 m(the ratio of draft to bucket height is 0.67), the towing dynamic responses are the most stable.

Penetration Tests of Multi-Bucket Foundation in Sand for Offshore Wind Turbines

Suction foundations are generally installed with negative pressures to overcome the resistance of soils and complete the penetration,but excessive negative pressures are also avoided to cause seepage damages.In this paper,the model test method was used to analyze the movement characteristics of multi-bucket foundations in the process of sinking in sand,and the common calculation methods of sinking resistances are verified.The critical negative pressure corresponding to the seepage failure of foundation was determined under the action of increasing negative pressure step by step and the characteristics of soil failure were studied.The calculation formula of critical suction in sand was verified in application,and according to the test results,the value of seepage coefficient was modified,which provides an example for the study of suction foundation in sand soils.

DYNAMIC RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF PLATFORM-CYLINDERGROUP FOUNDATION DUE TO IMPACT BY WATER WAVE FLOW

This paper deals. with the problem of dynamic response of platform-cylinder group foumdation. Dynamic interaction of cylinder group foudation-water-soil is taken into account and the analysis of dynamic response to excitation of water wave force is given by analytic method ..The numerical examples are presented and the influence of systent’s parameters on the dynamic behaviour is discussed.

Design and construction of Sutong Bridge deep-water main-pylon foundations

This paper,from three aspects including construction conditions,foundation design and construction,introduces some considerations in the designing of main-pylon foundations and some practical measures to deal with certain unfavorable construction conditions,such as deep water,tidal effect,soft stratum and heavy traffic,during the construction of main-pylon foundations.

Challenges and Innovations in the Sutong Bridge Foundation Project

This article introduces three outstanding innovations, i.e. utilization of the steel casing for the piles to establish a construction platform for Sutong Bridge's large and deep-pile groups; 5000 ton steel cofferdam lowered as a whole and used as a protective structure against impact from ship collision; Permanent scour protection. This article also presents economical and reasonable design method for large bridge foundation and explains the significance of innovation and technical integration to large and complicated project construction based on the above theory.

Experimental Study on Towing Characteristics of Composite Bucket Wellhead Platform

With the rapid development of large-scale development of marginal oilfields in China,simple wellhead platforms that are simple in structure and easy to install have become an inevitable choice in the process of oilfield development.However,traditional simple wellhead platforms are often discarded after a single use.In pursuit of a more costeffective approach to developing marginal oilfields,this paper proposes a new offshore oil field development facility—an integrated bucket foundation for wellhead platform.To verify the safety of its towing behavior and obtain the dynamic response characteristics of the structure,this paper takes a bucket integrated bucket foundation for wellhead platform with a diameter of 40 m as the research object.By combining physical model tests and numerical simulations,it analyzes the static stability and dynamic response characteristics of the structure during towing,complete with the effects of the draft,wave height,wave period,and towing point height,which produce the dynamic responses of the structure under different influence factors,such as roll angle,pitch angle,heave acceleration and towing force as well as the sensibility to transport variables.The results show that the integrated bucket foundation for wellhead platform is capable of self-floating towing,and its movement is affected by the local environment,which will provide a reference for actual projects.

基于BIM技术的基坑智能监测技术研究

基坑边坡的不安全性常导致工程事故发生,深基坑作为建设工程施工危险部位重大专项,确保基坑的安全监测和报警的及时性非常重要。文章基于BIM技术如何实现快速高效及时报警进行了分析。通过智能传感器采集数据进行无线传输至云平台,平台解析数据与BIM基坑模型自动匹配,对测点部位的位移、土压力进行动态监测,当超过预警值后自动传输报警信息,为工程危险源的及时处理提供决策依据。文章基于BIM技术的深基坑监测技术通过在天柱山管廊项目进行应用,取得了良好的安全经济效益。

Reliability-Based Design for Jacket Platform Under Extreme Loads

In this paper, reliability analysis for the offshore jacket platform with the interaction of structure- pile- soil under extreme environmental loads is carried out. The inherent uncertainties of the environmental load, foundation soil, platform itself, and calculating models are evaluated. The action of extreme loads on the offshore platform is modeled as a function of extreme wave height. The system capacity of the whole platform is determined by nonlinear pushover analysis, and the relevant probability property is obtained by the simulation method. The reliability model for the whole jacket platform is described as the relationship between the load and resistance based on the offshore design codes. The reliability of whole platform is calculated by the analytical method and the importance sampling method on the basis of a case study for a tripod jacket platform.

Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of Jack-up Platforms Subjected to Monochrome and Irregular Waves

As jack-up platforms have recently been used in deeper and harsher waters, there has been an increasing demand to understand their behaviour more accurately to develop more sophisticated analysis techniques. One of the areas of significant development has been the modelling of spudean performance, where the load-displacement behaviour of the foundation is required to be included in any numerical model of the structure. In this study, beam on nonlinear winkler foundation （BNWF） modeling--which is based on using nonlinear springs and dampers instead of a continuum soil media--is employed for this purpose. A regular monochrome design wave and an irregular wave representing a design sea state are applied to the platform as lateral loading. By using the BNWF model and assuming a granular soil under spudcans, properties such as soil nonlinear behaviour near the structure, contact phenomena at the interface of soil and spudcan （such as uplifting and rocking）, and geometrical nonlinear behaviour of the structure are studied. Results of this study show that inelastic behaviour of the soil causes an increase in the lateral displacement at the hull elevation and permanent unequal settlement in soil below the spudcans, which are increased by decreasing the friction angle of the sandy soil. In fact, spudeans and the underlying soil cause a relative fixity at the platform support, which changes the dynamic response of the structure compared with the case where the structure is assumed to have a fixed support or pinned support. For simulating this behaviour without explicit modelling of soil-structure interaction （SSI）, moment- rotation curves at the end of platform legs, which are dependent on foundation dimensions and soil characteristics, are obtained. These curves can be used in a simplified model of the platform for considering the relative fixity at the soil- foundation interface.

Dynamic Response of Fluid-Single Leg Gravity Platform-Soil Interaction System

An approximate method is presented to investigate the earthquake response of the fluid-single leg (shortened for S. L.) gravity platform-soil interaction system. By assuming a suitable form of the velocity potential of the radiation waves and by using the motion equation and the boundary conditions, the unknown coefficients can be obtained. Thereafter the function of frequency for the interaction system may also be obtained. In this paper, the difference of the system dynamic response between rigid foundation is analyzed and the influences of the various foundation geometric dimension and the various water-depth on the hydrodynamic loading and dynamic response of the system is illustrated.

Research of GIS Platform Based on MapX

This paper made an analysis on the structure and function of MapX. Based on the relative GIS software and development theories, general design of GIS foundation platform was put forward and some key implementations for part of the function was provided.

Numerical Simulation of Fluid Structure Interaction between Flow and Steel Pipe Pile Platform in Deep Water

In this paper, the two-way coupling of flow and steel pipe pile platform is simulated by ANSYS Workbench. Taking the construction platform in the deep water area of the Yangtze River Estuary as an example, the stress and deformation characteristics of the steel pipe pile platform under current force are analyzed in detail. As a result, it is suggested the platform piles should be arranged regularly and the connected node de-sign of the platform structure should be strengthened to ensure the safety.

Advanced Platform Techniques for Chinese Offshore Marginal Oil Fields

Chinese offshore oil exploration and development have been carried out for more than 40 years. Until the end of 2000, the number of oil and gas fields under exploration grew up to 24. Though the reserves under exploration reached 608 Mt, it is only a part less than 50% of all the proved geological reserves. A majority of those untouched offshore oil and gas fields are marginal oil field, and there would be a momentous loss for Chinese energy industry if they were still left there unemployed. In recent years, based on the practical experience and rational research, lots of innovative techniques have been introduced into Chinese offshore oil fields to reduce the exploration cost. The author reviewed the development process of exploration in Chinese offshore marginal oil field. Several valuable techniques for advanced platform in offshore marginal oil field are also reviewed.

海洋环境及振动荷载联合作用下注聚平台桩基承载力特性研究

针对老区油田注聚开发过程中注聚泵长期持续高频、大幅值振动导致注聚平台桩基荷载大幅增加的问题,本文构建了海洋环境及注聚泵振动荷载下注聚平台桩土耦合整体及局部分析模型,进而研究了海洋环境及注聚泵振动对注聚平台动力响应及桩基承载力的影响规律。结果表明,注聚泵的振动会显著增加注聚平台桩基的基础承受的荷载,且随着注聚泵开启数量的增加,桩基承受的荷载呈线性增长趋势。与自重条件下桩基所受荷载相比,最大增长约35%,会导致桩基承载力安全系数明显降低。

砂床基础沉降作用下覆土卧罐安全性测试平台

卧式储罐常用于油气、危化品的储存,储罐覆土后可减少介质蒸发损耗、缩小与周围临近设施的安全间距,可有效降低爆炸冲击、碎片飞溅产生的破坏,该技术在石油化工行业应用较广。鉴于基础沉降、土体塌陷等地质灾害因素,以及覆土厚度、覆土边坡角度等工程建设因素均会影响覆土式卧罐的安全施工和运行维护,因此设计研制了砂床基础沉降作用下覆土式卧罐安全性测试平台。该平台可模拟卧罐在不同覆土厚度及边坡角度状态下的应变变化,也可模拟砂床基础的不同沉降长度和高度对卧罐安全性的影响;通过该测试平台可直接观测覆土的沉降位移,能够准确测定卧罐的应变以及罐周土压力,为研究卧罐在砂床基础沉降作用下的安全性提供依据。该平台依托于实际工程背景,兼顾工程实际与科研教学,为师生的科研创新提供了新的平台。

人工智能基础模型安全风险的平台治理

人工智能基础模型的安全治理是人工智能法治化发展面临的重要命题。人工智能基础模型平台作为安全治理的主体,其发现、评估和缓解人工智能系统潜在风险的能力至关重要,具有调整和优化自身模型的作用。国内外人工智能基础模型平台积极布局安全风险治理,但仍然面临治理架构缺乏权威性和代表性、伦理规范过于抽象、测试算力不足、风险评估困难、平台存在利己偏好等挑战。有必要立足于中国人工智能基础模型平台安全治理的实际,完善压力驱动、动力保障、能力强化等机制,更好发挥人工智能基础模型平台对安全治理的特有优势和能动作用,支撑人工智能技术及其应用健康有序发展。