Deep-Water Offshore Wind Farm Multi-Bucket Jacket Foundation Design

under construction

The Longyuan New Energy Engineering Design and Research Institute (LDI) in China has utilized Bentley Systems’ SACS and PLAXIS software to pioneer a more efficient multi-bucket jacket foundation design for their new offshore wind farm. The project addresses engineering challenges of deep-water environments with giant waves and complex soil layers by integrating geotechnical and structural analysis tools to create high-fidelity 3D digital replicas, reducing modeling time by 30%, increasing design accuracy by 10%, and cutting construction costs by 15% to 30%. The new suction-type foundations are sustainable, causing minimal ecological disturbance and are fully recyclable.