The Numerical Analysis of Earth Pressure on Bucket Foundation Breakwater

Abstract:

As a newly developed engineering structure, bucket foundation breakwater is adapted to soft soil. In this paper, the general-purpose finite element analysis package ABAQUS is employed to conduct three-dimensional numerical analyses on bucket foundation breakwater. Then earth pressure variation on bucket foundation is carried out under different loads of horizontal displacement. Through analysis it obtains the laws of the earth pressure on the meeting-wave side and the back-wave side of bucket foundation breakwater. This will provide the reference and the evidence of preliminary theory for the stability research and practical engineering application of bucket foundation breakwater.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 744-746)
• Pages: 1194-1198
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.744-746.1194
• Online since: March 2015
• Authors: Zhi Yun Wang*, Xiao Long Ma, Lu Shen, Jing Lu
• Keywords: Bucket Foundation Breakwater, Displacement Load, Earth Pressure, Finite Element Simulation

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