Cyclic Loading Effects of Rock Scour Protection for Offshore Wind Applications

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Title
Cyclic Loading Effects of Rock Scour Protection for Offshore Wind Applications

CoPED ID
d5b3dd0e-7b96-4d61-a8e2-45acc0942b46

Status
Active

Funders

Value
No funds listed.

Start Date
Sept. 30, 2020

End Date
March 31, 2024

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Offshore wind (OW) plays an important role in the transition to low carbon energy supply, and has enormous potential for providing renewable energy across the globe, with projects starting to be developed in East Asia and the USA. The majority of foundations built for offshore wind consists of steel monopiles of up to 10 m in diameter. The use of rock protection to protect seabed mounted offshore foundations from scouring is growing. Loose rock protection is currently the primary method used to protect offshore foundations.

With the expansion of Offshore Wind projects to East Asia and the USA, there is an increasing concern as to how rock protection would behave during cyclic loading, and in particular seismic events, and its performance subsequent to that event. The same concern also applies to evaluating seismic effects on rockfill placed for submarine cable stabilisation.

The project will aim at addressing this research gap by assessing cyclic and seismic effects on scour protection performance. The work will involve experimental testing and design methodology.

Christelle Abadie SUPER_PER
Diarmid Xu STUDENT_PER
Santana Madabhushi SUPER_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Wind energy
  2. Renewable energy sources
  3. Wind power stations
  4. Projects
  5. Wind
  6. Research
  7. Evaluation

Extracted key phrases
  1. Offshore Wind Applications
  2. Offshore Wind project
  3. Cyclic Loading Effects
  4. Offshore wind
  5. Rock Scour Protection
  6. Loose rock protection
  7. Offshore foundation
  8. Low carbon energy supply
  9. Protection performance
  10. Particular seismic event
  11. East Asia
  12. Seismic effect
  13. Renewable energy
  14. Important role
  15. Steel monopile

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