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Research at Cambridge on Monopile foundations for Offshore Windfarms in Shallow Waters

Offshore wind farms are gaining popularity in the UK and around the world due to the current interest in the need for greener energy sources, security of energy supply and the public’s reluctance to have wind farms on-shore. Offshore wind farms often contain hundreds of turbines supported at...

Aims and objectives

The aim of the project is to model, both experimentally and analytically, the behaviour of monopile wind turbine foundations subject to cyclic loading. The objectives are: To conduct centrifuge model tests on monopile offshore wind farm foundations including in-flight installation and combined...

Centrifuge modelling

Centrifuge modelling involves testing of small scale models in the enhanced gravity field of a geotechnical centrifuge. This technique is particularly useful in testing materials such as soils which exhibit non-linear stress-strain behaviour and can suffer significant plastic strains. Centrifuge...

Industry Collaborators

Our industrial collaborators are Dong Energy , McAlpine ; Renewable Energy Systems (RES) and KW Ltd have helped shape the research agenda and committed resources to ongoing research at Cambridge. Our partners will help us during the planning and testing phases of the project as well as in quick...

Offshore wind farms - monopile

Research at Cambridge on Monopile foundations for Offshore Windfarms in Shallow Waters

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Centrifuge modelling

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