A new soil reaction model for large-diameter monopiles in clay

Considering the limits of the traditional p-y method and the omission of the non-negligible additional lateral resistance components for large-diameter monopiles, the effects of rotational soil flow and pile tip lateral components on the soil-pile lateral behavior are discussed in detail. A new unified soil reaction model is proposed to obtain a more accurate prediction of the lateral behavior of monopiles supporting offshore wind turbines...