Scour around offshore wind turbine monopile
foundations is a growing concern, and solidified soil protection is
increasingly recognized as a key countermeasure. Fluidized cement-solidified
soil, the initial fluid state of this material, has not been thoroughly
investigated, and its mechanism for scour resistance remains unclear. This
study modifies a multiphase flow scour model in the OpenFOAM platform by
introducing a cohesive force source term and incorporating time-varying
parameters for the fluidized cement-solidified soil phase, such as porosity,
viscosity, and particle diameter. The objective is to analyze the anti-scour
behavior of fluidized cement-solidified soil under dynamic water conditions.
Results indicate that cohesion and agglomeration between particles of fluidized
cement-solidified soil enhance the soil's erosion resistance, reduce
interfacial velocities between particles and fluid, and effectively inhibit
scour progression. In a case study on a monopile foundation protected with this
material, the maximum scour depth was reduced by 70.1% and the scour hole
diameter by 48.6%, compared to the unprotected scenario. These findings provide
a valuable reference for future research on the use of fluidized cement-solidified
soil for scour protection in offshore wind turbine foundations.
DAI Minglang¹, WU Feng², ZHUO Yang², REN Haojie¹, WANG Qibiao³, HAN Zhaolong¹
. Numerical Study on Scour
Protection of Offshore Wind Turbine Monopiles Using Fluidized Cement-Solidified Soil[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 0
: 1
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DOI: 10.16183/j.cnki.jsjtu.2025.369