Numerical investigations of hydrodynamic performance of dynamically installed anchors subjected to current considering anchor geometric effects

B Zhang, Y Fu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Dynamically installed anchor is an innovative and cost-effective technology in marine
foundation engineering. However, most of the existing researches on the hydrodynamic …

Determination of depth-dependent undrained shear strength of structured marine clays based on large deformation finite element analysis of T-bar penetrations

L Ke, Y Gao, K Fei, Y Gu, J Ji - Computers and Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
T-bar penetrometers are widely used for measuring the undrained shear strength profiles of
soft clays in either laboratory 1 g and ng model tests or field investigations. In fact, natural …

Numerical investigations into the influence of geometric configurations on hydrodynamic characteristics of torpedo anchors

B Zhang, Y Fu, MH Zhang, JY Liu - Marine Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Torpedo anchors are an innovative and cost-effective technology in marine foundation
engineering; however, there is a lack of systematic and comprehensive studies on the …

Installation performance of torpedo anchor at different installation heights under the action of currents: The example of T98 torpedo anchor

B Zhang, Y Fu, Q Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The deep-sea torpedo anchor is an innovative and cost-effective anchorage foundation.
However, marine environmental loads such as currents have a significant impact on the free …

Experimental data-centric prediction of penetration depth and holding capacity of dynamically installed anchors using machine learning

Y Fu, K Ding, C Han - Computers and Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
The visualization of experimental research phenomena and the reliability of experimental
data enable their utilization in validating theoretical and numerical methods. However, the …

Dynamic installation of offshore torpedo anchors in spatially variable clay

JT Yi, CF Liu, SJ Xu, Z Wang, MJ Sun - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of self-penetrating torpedo anchors is gaining increasing popularity in practice.
Whilst many research works have been undertaken concerning its dynamic installation, the …

Effective stress analysis of dynamically installed anchor installation in rate-dependent clay

K Chang, D Wang, MS Hossain, YH Kim, W Qin - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of the final embedment depth and installation-induced excess pore
pressure of dynamically installed anchors (DIAs) are prerequisites for the design of …

Experimental and theoretical investigations on fin configuration effects of dynamically installed anchors in clay

Y Fu, Y Liu - Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Dynamically installed anchor (DIA) for deepwater mooring is an innovative and cost-effective
technology in offshore foundation engineering; however, research on the effects of fin …

Numerical modeling of free-falling spherical penetrometer–clay–water interactions

Y Gu, GH Lei, X Qin - Acta Geotechnica, 2024 - Springer
Large deformation finite element simulations of the dynamic penetration of underwater free-
fall spherical penetrometers into clay are carried out using the coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian …

An innovative booster-assisted dynamically installed fish anchor and its installation characteristics considering the action of ocean currents

B Zhang, Y Fu - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The fish anchor is an economically viable offshore foundation engineering technology that
has been proposed in recent years. By fish anchor, we mean a fish-shaped dynamically …