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海上风电桩基冲刷计算公式适用范围探讨

Discussion on the applicability of scour calculation formulas for offshore wind turbine foundations

  • 摘要: 海上风电桩基在波流共同作用下易发生显著局部冲刷,而现有经验公式多源于小尺度试验或特定工程场景,其在大直径风电桩基条件下的适用性尚缺乏系统评估。为此,本文对国内外典型计算公式进行综述,结合多篇工程应用文献进一步拓展总结了公式的适用范围,为日后工程预测计算公式选择提供依据。同时,利用相关实测数据分别对稳定流公式与波流共同作用公式进行计算对比,结果表明:各稳定流公式对流速和水深变化的响应存在明显差异。Breusers和Melville公式能够反映流速强度变化,但水深响应具有一定饱和特征;HEC-18公式对流速和水深的响应较为平缓;S/M 公式在流速接近泥沙起动条件时呈现明显非线性增长;65-1公式主要受流速项控制,基本不体现水深影响。波流共同作用下,各公式因波流耦合项构建差异而表现出显著分化;部分公式在大直径、粗砂床及强波流工况下普遍易偏小;王汝凯公式、经补充波浪影响后的韩海骞公式等对波流复合作用的表征相对较充分,其中王汝凯公式在中小直径桩基条件下通常更易取得较合理预测。进一步分析发现,部分海上风电工况下桩径、粒径及KC数等无量纲参数已明显超出很多经验公式的原始适用范围,导致部分公式趋势偏差和尺度外推失效。建议采用“多公式对比-区域实测修正”的综合预测策略,以获得更可靠的风电桩基设计冲刷深度。

     

    Abstract: Offshore wind turbine pile foundations are highly susceptible to significant local scour under combined wave–current action. However, most existing empirical formulas were developed from small-scale experiments or specific engineering scenarios, and their applicability to large-diameter offshore wind turbine monopiles has not yet been systematically assessed. To address this issue, this study reviews representative prediction formulas from domestic and international literature and expands the summary of their applicability ranges based on multiple engineering application studies, providing a reference for future formula selection in engineering prediction. In addition, the study uses available measured data to compare formulas developed for steady-current conditions with those for combined wave–current conditions. The results show that, under steady-current conditions, the selected formulas respond differently to variations in flow velocity and water depth. The Breusers and Melville formulas effectively capture changes in flow intensity, although their responses to water depth show a tendency toward saturation. The HEC-18 formula responds more moderately to both flow velocity and water depth. The S/M formula exhibits a pronounced nonlinear increase as the flow velocity approaches the threshold of sediment motion, whereas the modified 65-1 formula is controlled primarily by the flow-velocity term and shows little sensitivity to water depth. Under combined wave–current conditions, the predictions diverge significantly because of differences in the formulation of the wave–current coupling terms. Some formulas tend to underestimate scour depth under conditions of large pile diameter, coarse sand bed, and strong wave–current interaction. By contrast, formulas such as the Wang Rukai formula and the Han Haiqian formula with supplementary wave effects provide a relatively more complete representation of combined wave–current action, and the Wang Rukai formula generally gives more reasonable predictions for small- and medium-diameter pile foundations. Further analysis indicates that, under some offshore wind turbine conditions, dimensionless parameters such as pile diameter, sediment size, and KC number exceed the original applicability ranges of many empirical formulas, leading to trend deviations and failure of scale extrapolation. A comprehensive prediction strategy based on multi-formula comparison and regional correction using field measurements is therefore recommended to obtain more reliable design scour depths for offshore wind turbine pile foundations.

     

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