TY - CONF A1 - Shamsuddoha, Md A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Hüsken, Götz A1 - Pirskawetz, Stephan A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Thiele, Marc ED - Banjad Pecur, Ivana ED - Baricevic, Ana ED - Stirmer, Nina ED - Bjegovic, Dubravka T1 - Identification of failure pattern in cylindrical grouted connection for wind structures - a pilot study T2 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Construction Materials for Sustainable Future N2 - At present, Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) operating in onshore and offshore wind farms are primary sources of renewable energy around the world. Cylindrical grouted sleeve connections are usually adopted in these WTG structures to connect the upper structure and foundation for ease of installation. These structures including grouted connections experience considerable adverse loading during their lifetimes. Settlements were reported inside similar connections used in energy structures especially oil and gas platforms, which were installed in last three decades. Thus, repair and rehabilitation of such connections in existing wind structures should also be planned ahead to keep them operating in the future. The nature of failure and crack generation in grouted connections are crucial prior to adopt a strengthening strategy. This pilot study is carried out to actualize the failure mechanism in the grouted connection, when subjected to axial loading. A novel reusable scaled cylindrical grouted connection with shear keys was designed and tested for its load bearing behaviour. The mechanical test was accompanied by classical measuring techniques (e.g. displacement transducer) as well as non-destructive measuring techniques (e.g. digital image correlation (DIC), acoustic emission analysis (AE)). The failure mechanism incorporating slippage of the shear keys and cracking of the grout was investigated. The capacity and applicability of such test mould were also discussed. The knowledge is expected to pave way towards repair of deteriorated grouted connections with similar geometry and failure pattern. T2 - 1st International Conference on Construction Materials for Sustainable Future (CoMS_2017) CY - Zadar, Croatia DA - 19.04.2017 KW - Grouted connections KW - Cracks KW - Failure KW - Strengthening strategy KW - Digital image correlation KW - Acoustic emission analysis PY - 2017 SN - 978-953-8168-04-8 SP - 544 EP - 551 AN - OPUS4-39914 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Shamsuddoha, Md A1 - Hüsken, Götz A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Thiele, Marc T1 - Critical factors affecting the capacity of cylindrical grouted connections in offshore energy structures T2 - Structures, Safety and Reliability - Proceedings of the ASME N2 - Current trend suggests that global energy consumption will increase in the future. This growing energy demand and advancement of technology lead to explore all potential offshore fossil and non-fossil energy sources, necessitating erection of exploration and production structures, rigs, platforms and towers, which are susceptible to adverse environmental conditions along with their maintenances. Cylindrical grouted joints provide suitable connections between steel substructure and foundation in these offshore platforms and wind structures especially monopiles for ease of installation. However, these are composite connections with exterior sleeve, interior pile and infill grout. The capacity of these connections is affected by number of factors. The literature over last four decades by numerous researchers has shown the development of these connections with increasingly higher capacities and influences on these capacities due to various factors. This paper provides a comprehensive review on the factors affecting the connection capacity along with technical challenges for the future. Critical aspects and shortcomings of the current connection systems and potential solutions may be sought after for these issues are also discussed. T2 - 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering CY - Trondheim, Norway DA - 25.06.2017 KW - Offshore wind energy KW - Grouted connection KW - Joint capacity KW - Shear keys PY - 2017 SN - 978-0-7918-5766-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2017-62510 VL - 3B SP - UNSP V03BT02A037, 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-42387 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -