Comparison of 1 g and centrifuge modelling of drag anchors with subsurface wireless tracking
Sharif, Yaseen Umar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3620-7500; Brown, Michael John
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6770-4836; Knappett, Jonathan Adam
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1936-881X; Davidson, Craig
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4843-5498; Bird, Robert; Coombs, Will
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2099-1676; Augarde, Charles
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5576-7853; Carter, Gareth; Macdonald, Catriona; Johnson, Kirstin.
2024
Comparison of 1 g and centrifuge modelling of drag anchors with subsurface wireless tracking.
International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics.
13, pp.
10.1680/jphmg.24.00029
Abstract/Summary
The kinematic behaviour of drag embedment anchors has become a recent research focus due to the increase in offshore renewable energy devices. This is due to their potential use as an anchoring system for future floating wind applications, in addition to the need to understand their penetration behaviour as a part of the Cable Burial Risk Assessment. Studies on the behaviour of anchors typically consist of field scale or model centrifuge tests, where such facilities are not readily available to all and can result in significant cost. In addition to this, measuring the load–penetration behaviour of an anchor has proven to be a significant challenge, as any contact-based methods are likely to influence the penetration behaviour of the anchor. In this paper, a novel wireless method of recording the inclination of the anchor and calculating the penetration depth is presented. A comparison of the penetration behaviour of a Class F (AC-14) anchor has been made in sand using centrifuge and 1g model scale testing. The results indicate that the 1g testing can match the behaviour of the anchor testing in the centrifuge in terms of both the position of the anchor and its orientation during the dragging event.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1680/jphmg.24.00029 |
ISSN: | 1346-213X |
Date made live: | 30 Jan 2025 14:36 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/538831 |
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