An analysis of monopile with super large diameter

Abstract

With the development of ocean engineering, monopiles with a large diameter foundation have gradually replaced those with small diameter and been applied to more and more ocean structures. The responses of monopiles with small diameter under wind, wave, current and seismic loads have been extensively studied. However, not too much work on large-diameter monopile (>9 m) has been carried out. In this study, finite element method (FEM) is adopted to study a monopile with a diameter of 9 m, and the mechanical responses are presented. Some mechanical responses are presented by ABAQUS.