ABSTRACT

The high-cycle accumulation (HCA) model proposed by Niemunis et al. (2005) predicts the accumulation of permanent deformations or the build-up of excess pore water pressure due to a cyclic loading with many cycles (N > 103) of small to intermediate strain amplitudes (εampl < 10−3). The model can be used for example for the prediction of permanent deformations of offshore wind power plant (OWPP) foundations (Wichtmann et al., 2010b).