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 Simulation Experiment of Deepwater Suction-Pile-Based Subsea Wellheads

  • 摘要: 深水水下井口吸力桩基础具有直径大、入土浅的结构特点,但现有设计方法多借鉴海上风电吸力桩,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,进行了重力贯入、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时,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%,水平承载力随着直径增大提升48.7%。基于试验数据绘制了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。研究结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依据。

     

    Abstract: Deepwater suction pile foundations for subsea wellheads are characterized by large diameters and shallow embedment depths. However, existing design methods mostly draw on suction buckets used in offshore wind turbines, and a structural parameter optimization system tailored to subsea wellhead loads and functional constraints is still lacking. To optimize the combination of suction pile diameter and penetration depth while satisfying the requirements for wellhead stability, centering accuracy, and verticality control, thereby improving installation efficiency and reducing well construction costs, theoretical analysis and laboratory model tests were used to conduct penetration and bearing performance tests on suction piles of multiple specifications. Equal-lateral-area models with diameters of 10−50 cm and corresponding length-to-diameter ratios of 1.2−6.0 were designed. Under different suction flow rates and undrained shear strengths of the soil (20 and 25 kPa), gravity penetration, negative-pressure suction-assisted penetration, and vertical and horizontal bearing capacity tests were completed, and the sensitivity of each parameter to installation characteristics and bearing capacity was analyzed. The test results showed that increasing the model diameter from 10 cm to 50 cm decreased the gravity penetration depth by 58%−62%, and increasing the suction flow rate from 20 L/min to 60 L/min increased the ultimate penetration depth by 35%−45% on average. Under equal-lateral-area conditions, the difference in vertical bearing capacity among different suction pile models was less than 5%, and the horizontal bearing capacity increased by 48.7% as the diameter increased. Based on the test data, a chart for selecting optimal structural dimensions of suction piles under equal vertical bearing capacity conditions was developed, and a structural selection framework satisfying the design indices was established. The research findings can provide theoretical support for the structural optimization and field construction of deepwater suction-pile-based subsea wellheads.

     

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