TY - JOUR

T1 - Early age movement in offshore structures with various bearing conditions

AU - Henneberg, Joshua

AU - Schaumann, Peter

N1 - Funding Information: The presented results were achieved within the research project 'GREAM: Grouted joints - Influence of early age movement' funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi, funding sign: 0324257). The research partners were Institute for Steel Construction and Institute of Building Material Science, both at Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. The authors thank the BMWi for funding and all accompanying industry project partners (DNV GL, Siemens Gamesa, Wilke & Schiele Consulting GmbH, BAM and Pagel Spezial-Beton GmbH & Co. KG) for their support. Funding Information: Abstract. Grouted connections (GCs) consist of two infiltrating steel tubes of different diameters and a grout material bonding the two steel tubes together. Predominantly, the GCs are used to connect the foundation piles with the jacket support structure. Additionally, it can be applied for monopile substructures. A challenging and scientifically still marginally analysed detail of grouted connections is the influence of early age movement (EAM), also known as early age cycling (EAC) on the final load bearing behaviour of the connection. After grouting and until the end of the curing of the material, the offshore structure is partially supported by fluid grout material for several hours. During this time waves and current affect the soft connections. This leads to relative movement during the curing of GCs, which is known as EAM. Previous investigations showed grout material damage due to vertical EAM. These results form the basis of the current offshore guideline limits. According to DNVGL-OS-J101 from 2014, it must be ensured that during the curing process the vertical EAM does not exceed 1 mm. Since 2016 the limit value also applies for the lateral EAM according to DNVGL. However, the influence of lateral EAM on the load bearing behaviour is barely experimentally nor numerically investigated. Thus, the authors are involved in a comprehensive research project (GREAM) addressing this topic. This paper focusses on Finite Element Analysis of different support structures under varying boundary conditions and sea states to analyse the amplitude of lateral EAM of grouted connections.

PY - 2021/9/21

Y1 - 2021/9/21

N2 - Grouted connections (GCs) consist of two infiltrating steel tubes of different diameters and a grout material bonding the two steel tubes together. Predominantly, the GCs are used to connect the foundation piles with the jacket support structure. Additionally, it can be applied for monopile substructures. A challenging and scientifically still marginally analysed detail of grouted connections is the influence of early age movement (EAM), also known as early age cycling (EAC) on the final load bearing behaviour of the connection. After grouting and until the end of the curing of the material, the offshore structure is partially supported by fluid grout material for several hours. During this time waves and current affect the soft connections. This leads to relative movement during the curing of GCs, which is known as EAM. Previous investigations showed grout material damage due to vertical EAM. These results form the basis of the current offshore guideline limits. According to DNVGL-OS-J101 from 2014, it must be ensured that during the curing process the vertical EAM does not exceed 1 mm. Since 2016 the limit value also applies for the lateral EAM according to DNVGL. However, the influence of lateral EAM on the load bearing behaviour is barely experimentally nor numerically investigated. Thus, the authors are involved in a comprehensive research project (GREAM) addressing this topic. This paper focusses on Finite Element Analysis of different support structures under varying boundary conditions and sea states to analyse the amplitude of lateral EAM of grouted connections.

AB - Grouted connections (GCs) consist of two infiltrating steel tubes of different diameters and a grout material bonding the two steel tubes together. Predominantly, the GCs are used to connect the foundation piles with the jacket support structure. Additionally, it can be applied for monopile substructures. A challenging and scientifically still marginally analysed detail of grouted connections is the influence of early age movement (EAM), also known as early age cycling (EAC) on the final load bearing behaviour of the connection. After grouting and until the end of the curing of the material, the offshore structure is partially supported by fluid grout material for several hours. During this time waves and current affect the soft connections. This leads to relative movement during the curing of GCs, which is known as EAM. Previous investigations showed grout material damage due to vertical EAM. These results form the basis of the current offshore guideline limits. According to DNVGL-OS-J101 from 2014, it must be ensured that during the curing process the vertical EAM does not exceed 1 mm. Since 2016 the limit value also applies for the lateral EAM according to DNVGL. However, the influence of lateral EAM on the load bearing behaviour is barely experimentally nor numerically investigated. Thus, the authors are involved in a comprehensive research project (GREAM) addressing this topic. This paper focusses on Finite Element Analysis of different support structures under varying boundary conditions and sea states to analyse the amplitude of lateral EAM of grouted connections.

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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/2018/1/012022

DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/2018/1/012022

M3 - Conference article

AN - SCOPUS:85116686891

VL - 2018

JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series

JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series

SN - 1742-6588

IS - 1

M1 - 012022

T2 - 18th Deep Sea Offshore Wind R and D Conference, EERA DeepWind 2021

Y2 - 13 January 2021 through 15 January 2021

ER -