Dataset for centrifuge modelling of laterally monotonic loaded monopiles in saturated dense sand

Data Brief. 2022 May 25:42:108312. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108312. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Abstract

The presented dataset was collected in seven centrifuge tests, specifically designed for modelling the lateral response of offshore monopiles in dense sand. Two model piles with outer diameter D = 50 mm were loaded laterally at 100 × g. The embedding depths were 3D, 5D, 7D and 9D, with load eccentricity of 5, 10 and 15. Fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) were used to measure the tensile and compressive strains of the monopiles. The raw data obtained from different sensors during the tests and the analysed data (e.g. soil reaction, pile deflection) are included in separate editable files, enabling future reuse and development of the experimental results.

Keywords: Fibre Bragg gratings; Offshore wind turbine foundation; Soil-pile interaction; Tension-compression asymmetry.