Experimental Investigation of the Installation and Lateral Capacity of Instrumented Monopiles at the SAGE-SAND Test Site in Zeebrugge
Experimental Investigation of the Installation and Lateral Capacity of Instrumented Monopiles at the SAGE-SAND Test Site in Zeebrugge
Research project SAGE-SAND explores the potential of vibratory driving for the installation of monopile foundations, commonly used for offshore wind turbines. Within the frame of this project, a full-scale test campaign is conducted, which involves the driving and extraction of four instrumented steel piles with a diameter of 2 m and a length of 21 m, as well as lateral load tests on these piles to experimentally determine the lateral capacity and investigate ageing effects. The test campaign is performed on a test site in Zeebrugge, Belgium. This paper provides a detailed overview of the planned experiments, including the experimental setup of the lateral load tests and the corresponding sensor layout. The installation of the piles and the subsequent first lateral load tests were initiated at the beginning of 2025.
Mathijs Maes; Luc Simonin; Christophe Bayart; Alex Bertholet; George Anoyatis; Hadrien Rattez; Stijn Francois
5th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG2025)
6 - Pile Installation Challenges and Decommissioning in sands and clays: monopiles, anchor piles, pin piles
https://doi.org/10.53243/ISFOG2025-432
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