Suction Bucket Foundation Design with the SACS-PLAXIS Interface
OnDemand Training
- SACS-PLAXIS Suction Bucket Analysis Interoperability framework
- Suction Bucket utility in SACS to generate suction bucket models automatically
- Suction Bucket Analysis tool in PLAXIS that generates suction bucket finite element geometry and load cases for nonlinear soil-structure interaction analysis
- Failure mechanism and load-displacement curves illustrate post-processing
- Two advanced methods to generate nonlinear springs in SACS based on the soil reactions from PLAXIS
As Offshore Wind Turbine Infrastructure assets are critically linked to subsurface environments, they are vulnerable to both structural & geotechnical risks. Over the years Bentley SACS and PLAXIS are one of the most trusted single suites of software to deal with all ranges of critical issues related to geotechnical, detailed structural engineering, integrity and life extension. While PLAXIS 3D allows you to efficiently model the foundation elements in three-dimensional environment, SACS complements with structural super-element and subsequent detailed analyses of the asset. In the Offshore Energy industry, SACS has been in use for a long time with its wealth of experience and comprehensive coverage in the domain of detailed structural engineering analyses. While engineering expertise is transferable, designing offshore wind foundations comes with a different set of challenges. The PLAXIS-SACS Suction Bucket Analysis application is solely meant to be used for the analysis and design of offshore structures with suction buckets using both PLAXIS 3D and SACS.
Duration: 2 hours
Presented by: Xing-Cheng Lin and Kaushik Mukherjee
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