DEM Investigation of Sediment Densification Effect Induced by Mangrove-Inspired Skirt Piles
DEM Investigation of Sediment Densification Effect Induced by Mangrove-Inspired Skirt Piles
Mangrove forests stabilize sediments against coastline erosion due to their dense root system. Inspired by such unique characteristics, a ring of mini skirt piles that mimic the mangrove root structure has been proposed, which aims to potentially densify the sediments around the centered monopile and therefore increase the anti-scour potential of the pile system. To test the hypothesis, numerical simulation using the discrete element method (DEM) has been carried out to evaluate the sediment densification effect due to the soil plugging effect during the skirt pile installation process. The displacement and stress states of the surrounding sediments have been analyzed to investigate the pile-sediment interaction at the particle-scale level.
Xiwei Li; Julian Tao; L. A. van Paassen
2025 International Conference on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (ICBBG2025)
General session: Bio-inspired methods for infrastructure construction
https://doi.org/10.53243/ICBBG2025-175
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