Research on the Initial Settlement Depth of Artificial Reef on the Clay Seabed

Abstract

The artificial reef is an artificial structure that simulates some characteristics of a natural reef. Its penetration depth in the seabed soil affects the stability of the reef on the seabed. In this paper, based on the CEL (Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian analysis) method, a finite element model is established for the process of artificial reef entry and penetration, which simulates the speed change law of the artificial reef in the water and the penetration depth in the clay seabed, and The study analyzed the influence of different reef weights, penetration speeds, and seabed soil properties on the penetration depth of artificial reefs.