Zewang Zhang

Mr. Zewang Zhang


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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FLFayun Liang
Fayun Liang
ZZZewang Zhang
Zewang Zhang
CWChen Wang
Chen Wang
Xiaoqiang GuXiaoqiang Gu
Xiaoqiang Gu
YLYifeng Lin
Yifeng Lin
WYWei Yang
Wei Yang
Offshore wind power, as an efficient renewable energy source, is being vigorously developed nowadays. However, the liquefaction of marine sand due to earthquakes brings potential safety hazards to the wind turbine structures. In this study, a series of resonant column and undrained cyclic triaxial tests were carried out to investigate the stiffness degradation and liquefaction characteristics of marine sand in the offshore wind farm at the East Nan-ao area in Guangdong Province (China). Results show that the confining pressure increases the shear modulus of sand and restrains the nonlinearity of modulus. The liquefaction resistance of soils significantly increases with the increase of relative density. The effect of particle size on the liquefaction resistance is related to the cyclic shear stress ratio. The additional pressure induced by the presence of the wind turbine structure enlarges the energy required for shallow soil liquefaction. Besides, a model for predicting shear modulus and another modified model based on Seed’s pore pressure development model have been established, which can efficiently fit the dynamic shear modulus and the generation of excess pore water pressures in the tests, respectively.