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Considering the large diameter effect of piles, the influence of different pile–soil analysis methods on the design of monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines has become an urgent problem to be solved. Three different pile–soil models were used to study a large 10 MW monopile wind turbine. By modeling the three models in the SACS software, this paper analyzed the motion response of the overall structure under the conditions of wind and waves. According to the given working conditions, this paper concludes that under the condition of independent wind, the average value of the tower top x-displacement of the rigid connection method is the smallest, and the standard deviation is the smallest under the condition of independent wave. The results obtained by the p–y curve method are the most conservative.
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This research was financially supported by the Open Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Key Technology on Hydropower Development (Grant No. PKLHD202003), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52071058 and 51939002), the National Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (Grant No. 2022-KF-18-01), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University (Grant No. DUT20ZD219).
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Zeng, Yx., Zhang, Xm., Zhang, Lx. et al. Comparison of Pile–Soil–Structure Interaction Modeling Techniques for A 10-MW Large-Scale Monopile Wind Turbine Model Under Wind and Wave Conditions. China Ocean Eng 37, 471–483 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-023-0039-x
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