Behavior of Monopile Founded Offshore Wind Turbine Under Static Load—A Parametric Study

A parametric study has been covered for the performance of monopile founded offshore wind turbine (OWT) in clay. The change in deflection of monopile head is considered for this study to verify the behavior of monopile founded OWT. Diameter of the pile, the load applied on the wind turbine and the height of the tower are varying to verify the response of the monopile. The change in displacement due to different soil properties also considered in this study. A numerical model is considered in this study where the monopile is modeled based on American Petroleum Institute (API)-based static p–y and t–z curves. The base of the monopile is considered to be fixed for this study to fulfill the ‘zero-toe-kick’ criteria.