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Wave Load Mitigation by Perforation of Monopiles

Jacob Andersen    
Rune Abrahamsen    
Thomas Lykke Andersen    
Morten Thøtt Andersen    
Torben Ladegaard Baun and Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer    

Resumen

The design of large diameter monopiles (8?10 m) at intermediate to deep waters is largely driven by the fatigue limit state and mainly due to wave loads. The scope of the present paper is to assess the mitigation of wave loads on a monopile by perforation of the shell. The perforation design consists of elliptical holes in the vicinity of the splash zone. Wave loads are estimated for both regular and irregular waves through physical model tests in a wave flume. The test matrix includes waves with Keulegan?Carpenter (KC" role="presentation">????KC K C ) numbers in the range 0.25 to 10 and covers both fatigue and ultimate limit states. Load reductions in the order of 6%?20% are found for KC" role="presentation">????KC K C numbers above 1.5. Significantly higher load reductions are found for KC" role="presentation">????KC K C numbers less than 1.5 and thus the potential to reduce fatigue wave loads has been demonstrated.

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