深水吸力桩水下井口结构优化设计及模拟试验研究

Structural Optimization Design and Model Test Investigation of Suction-Pile-Based Subsea Wellhead Structures in Deepwater

  • 摘要: 深水水下井口吸力桩基础存在大直径、浅入土的结构特点,但现有设计方法多借鉴海上风电吸力桶,缺少针对水下井口荷载与功能约束的结构参数优化体系。为在满足井口稳定性、对中精度及垂直度控制指标前提下,优选吸力桩直径与贯入深度组合,提升安装效率并降低建井成本,采用理论分析结合室内模型试验的手段,开展了多规格吸力桩贯入与承载性能测试。设计直径10~50 cm、对应长径比为1.2~6.0的等侧面积模型,在不同抽吸排量与土体不排水抗剪强度(20和25 kPa)条件下,完成重力贯入、负压抽吸贯入及竖向、水平承载力试验,分析了各参数对安装特性与承载能力的敏感性。试验结果表明:模型直径由10 cm增大至50 cm时,重力贯入深度降低58%~62%;抽吸排量由20 L/min提升至60 L/min,极限贯入深度平均增加35%~45%;等侧面积条件下不同吸力桩模型的竖向承载力差异小于5%,水平承载力随直径增大提升48.7%。基于试验数据绘制等竖向承载力条件下吸力桩结构尺寸优选图版,建立了满足设计指标的结构选型框架。研究成果可为深水吸力桩水下井口的结构优化与现场施工提供理论支撑与设计依据。

     

    Abstract: Deepwater subsea wellhead systems supported by suction piles are characterized by large diameters and shallow embedment depths. However, existing design methods are mainly derived from suction caisson foundations used in offshore wind turbines, and a systematic structural parameter optimization framework tailored to the loading conditions and functional requirements of subsea wellheads is still lacking. To optimize the combination of suction pile diameter and penetration depth while satisfying the requirements for wellhead stability, alignment accuracy, and verticality control, theoretical analysis combined with laboratory model tests was adopted to investigate the penetration and bearing performance of suction piles with different configurations. Suction pile models with diameters ranging from 10 to 50 cm and corresponding length-to-diameter ratios of 1.2–6.0 were designed under the condition of equal lateral surface area. Gravity penetration, suction-assisted penetration, and vertical and lateral bearing capacity tests were conducted under different suction flow rates and seabed soil undrained shear strengths (20 and 25 kPa), and the sensitivity of various parameters to installation performance and bearing capacity was analyzed. The results show that increasing the model diameter from 10 cm to 50 cm reduces the gravity penetration depth by 58%–62%. Increasing the suction flow rate from 20 L/min to 60 L/min increases the ultimate penetration depth by an average of 35%–45%. Under equal lateral surface area conditions, the difference in vertical bearing capacity among suction pile models with different dimensions is less than 5%, while the lateral bearing capacity increases by 48.7% with increasing diameter. Based on the experimental results, a design chart for selecting suction pile dimensions under equivalent vertical bearing capacity conditions was developed, and a structural selection framework satisfying the design requirements was established. The findings provide theoretical support and design references for the structural optimization and field installation of deepwater suction-pile-supported subsea wellhead systems.

     

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