supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(nos.51379118 and 51639002);SDUST Research Fund(no.2015TDJH104)
A modified suction caisson (MSC), which was reported by the authors of this paper previously, comprises an external short-skirted structure that is added to a regular suction caisson (RSC). It has been proved that MSC...
supported by the National Science Foundation of China(No.51379142);Tianjin Natural Science Foundation(No.13JCQNJC06900)
The composite bucket foundation (CBF) is a new kind of foundation which has been applied in the offshore wind industry. A reasonable connection pattern between the tower and the CBF top cover is crucial for load trans...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51309179);Tianjin Municipal Natural Science Foundation (No. 14JCQNJC07000)
A hydraulics model is built in Moses to find the optimal internal skirt spacing for the maximum floating stability of the skirted foundation. The results show that the increase in the internal skirts’ number can help...
The Meyerhof and Hanna′s(M-H) method to estimate the ultimate bearing capacity of layered foundations was improved. The experimental results of the load tests in Tianjin New Harbor were compared with predictions with...