TY - CONF A1 - Dutto, Paola A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Geißler, Peter T1 - Suction buckets behaviour under tensile loads: A numerical study with FEM T2 - ISOPE 2017 N2 - Suction Bucket Jackets (SBJ) are found as a suitable alternative to driven piles for the support of foundations for offshore wind energy converters. In the case of jackets or multipods, a predominant vertical load is to be expected. The effect of such a tensile loading is the generation of suction in the soil inside the bucket which leads to an increment of tensile capacity. This paper aims to study the bearing behaviour of a suction foundation by taking into account how the soil permeability and the loading rate influence the foundation behaviour. Moreover, after submitting the structure to a storm load, the bearing capacity is studied again, in order to see the effect of such a load on the bucket's bearing behaviour. This study is carried out by means of Finite Element numerical simulations based on the formulation of Biot's equations combined with a constitutive model that reproduces the key aspects of cyclic soil behaviour in the frame of Generalized Plasticity. T2 - International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference CY - San Francisco, USA DA - 25/06/2017 KW - Finite element method KW - Offshore wind energy converter KW - Suction bucket KW - Generalized plasticity KW - Sand KW - Numerical simulation KW - Tensile capacity PY - 2017 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/41051 AN - OPUS4-41051 SN - 978-1-880653-97-5 SP - 485 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany