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Centrifugal experimental study of suction bucket foundations under dynamic loading

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Centrifugal experiments were carried out to investigate the responses of suction bucket foundations under horizontal and vertical dynamic loading. It is shown that when the loading amplitude is over a critical value, the sand at the upper part around the bucket is softened or even liquefied. The excess pore pressure decreases from the upper part to the lower part of the sand layer in the vertical direction and decreases radially from the bucket’s side wall in the horizontal direction. Large settlements of the bucket and the sand layer around the bucket are induced by dynamic loading. The dynamic responses of the bucket with smaller height (the same diameter) are heavier.

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    Xiaobing Lu, Yongren Wu, Bintian Jiao & Shuyun Wang

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The project supported by the fund of Chinese Ocean Oil Co. and Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX2-YW-302-02).

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Lu, X., Wu, Y., Jiao, B. et al. Centrifugal experimental study of suction bucket foundations under dynamic loading. Acta Mech. Sin. 23, 689–698 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-007-0100-7

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