
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Numerical calculation of damping for monopile foundations under cyclic
load during steady-state vibration
M. Bayat, L.V. Andersen, S.M. Andersen & L.B. Ibsen
Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
ABSTRACT: This paper presents the dynamic stiffness and damping in the saturated soil within the seabed
due to pore water flow generated by the cyclic motion of a monopile. Considering plane strain in a soil layer, a
one-dimensional Kelvin-Voigt model for the soil in the ...