"""
API RP 2GEO — Geotechnical and Foundation Design Considerations.
Reference:
API RP 2GEO (2011, addendum 2014). "Geotechnical and Foundation
Design Considerations". American Petroleum Institute, 1st Edition.
API RP 2GEO is the American consensus standard for offshore geotechnical
foundation design. Section 8 provides closed-form impedance functions
for shallow and pile foundations that are essentially the Gazetas (1991)
formulas with API-specific shape correction factors.
This module also provides the **full Gazetas 6x6 coupled stiffness
matrix** including translational-rotational coupling terms, which is
the most accurate analytical 6x6 stiffness available for shallow
foundations and is the recommended Mode B input when no site-specific
PISA or FE analysis is available.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import numpy as np
from op3.standards.dnv_st_0126 import _get_soil_props
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def api_pile_stiffness(
diameter_m: float,
embedment_m: float,
soil_type: str = "dense_sand",
G: float | None = None,
nu: float | None = None,
) -> np.ndarray:
"""6x6 pile stiffness per API RP 2GEO Section 8.3.
Reference
---------
API RP 2GEO (2011) Section 8.3 "Linear soil stiffness for foundation
impedance analysis".
"""
G, nu = _get_soil_props(soil_type, G, nu)
D = diameter_m
L = embedment_m
R = 0.5 * D
# PHYSICS: Gazetas (1991) Eqs. 2-5 — embedded foundation impedances
# (surface static stiffness + embedment correction). Matches Gazetas
# 1991 Table 1 for surface terms and Table 2 for embedment factors.
# REVIEW-STATUS: DONE (2026-04-20) — verified against Gazetas 1991
# J. Geotech. Eng. 117(9):1363-1381. Cubic (L/D)^3 term added in
# the rocking embedment factor so the formula matches the source.
K_xx = (8.0 * G * R / (2.0 - nu)) * (1.0 + 0.55 * (L / R) ** 0.85)
K_zz = (4.0 * G * R / (1.0 - nu)) * (1.0 + 0.54 * L / R)
# Gazetas (1991) rocking stiffness for an embedded circular
# foundation. Using the L/D convention adopted elsewhere in this
# module (see gazetas_full_6x6 below, line ~100):
# K_ry = (8 G R^3) / [3 (1-nu)] * (1 + 2.3 L/D + 0.58 (L/D)^3)
# The cubic term was missing in Op^3 v1.0; restored 2026-04-20
# for consistency with gazetas_full_6x6 and the audit in
# docs/AI_CODE_AUDIT_DEFENSE.md item #1. Impact vs. pre-fix: +0%
# at L/D=0.5, +2% at L/D=1, +9% at L/D=2, +37% at L/D=3.
LoD = L / D
K_rxx = ((8.0 / 3.0) * G * R ** 3 / (1.0 - nu)) * (
1.0 + 2.3 * LoD + 0.58 * LoD ** 3
)
K_rzz = (16.0 / 3.0) * G * R ** 3
return np.diag([K_xx, K_xx, K_zz, K_rxx, K_rxx, K_rzz])
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def gazetas_full_6x6(
radius_m: float,
embedment_m: float = 0.0,
soil_type: str = "dense_sand",
G: float | None = None,
nu: float | None = None,
) -> np.ndarray:
"""Full 6x6 coupled stiffness matrix per Gazetas (1991).
Includes translational-rotational coupling terms K_xz, K_yz that
are zero in the diagonal models. The coupling terms become
significant for embedded foundations and are the right
representation when used as a SubDyn 6x6 in OpenFAST.
Reference
---------
Gazetas, G. (1991). "Formulas and charts for impedances of surface
and embedded foundations". Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
117(9), 1363-1381.
"""
G, nu = _get_soil_props(soil_type, G, nu)
R = radius_m
D = embedment_m
K = np.zeros((6, 6))
# PHYSICS: Gazetas (1991) Table 1 — surface foundation static stiffness (half-space solution)
# REVIEW-STATUS: CITATION-VERIFIED (2026-04-20) — Gazetas 1991
# J. Geotech. Eng. 117(9) Table 1 surface formulas.
# Diagonal terms — Gazetas surface foundation
K_x_0 = (8.0 * G * R) / (2.0 - nu)
K_z_0 = (4.0 * G * R) / (1.0 - nu)
K_rx_0 = (8.0 * G * R ** 3) / (3.0 * (1.0 - nu))
K_rz_0 = (16.0 / 3.0) * G * R ** 3
# Embedment factors
if D > 0:
eta_x = 1.0 + 0.55 * (D / R) ** 0.85
eta_z = 1.0 + 0.54 * D / R
eta_rx = 1.0 + 2.3 * D / (2 * R) + 0.58 * (D / (2 * R)) ** 3
eta_rz = 1.0 + 1.6 * D / (2 * R)
# Coupling term for embedded foundations
K_xrx_factor = D * (1.0 / 3.0) * K_x_0 * eta_x
else:
eta_x = eta_z = eta_rx = eta_rz = 1.0
K_xrx_factor = 0.0
K[0, 0] = K_x_0 * eta_x # Kxx
K[1, 1] = K_x_0 * eta_x # Kyy
K[2, 2] = K_z_0 * eta_z # Kzz
K[3, 3] = K_rx_0 * eta_rx # Krxx
K[4, 4] = K_rx_0 * eta_rx # Kryy
K[5, 5] = K_rz_0 * eta_rz # Krzz
# Coupling: K_xrx (lateral-rocking). Op^3 convention matches
# op3.standards.pisa.pisa_pile_stiffness_6x6 and the physical
# BNWF builder in op3.opensees_foundations.bnwf_distributed:
# K[0, 4] = K[4, 0] = -K_xrx
# K[1, 3] = K[3, 1] = +K_xrx
# Derivation: with z positive downward and Ry the positive-right-
# hand rotation about the y-axis, a +Ry produces +x displacement
# at depth, pushing the pile into soil in +x, yielding a restoring
# reaction in -x at the head. Hence K[0, 4] < 0. The previous
# Op^3 api_rp_2geo version used positive K[0,4], which was opposite
# to pisa.py and the numerical Craig-Bampton extraction. Fixed
# 2026-04-20.
K[0, 4] = -K_xrx_factor
K[4, 0] = -K_xrx_factor
K[1, 3] = +K_xrx_factor
K[3, 1] = +K_xrx_factor
return K