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Christopoulos, Giorgos (author)The rapid growth of Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) has spurred intensive research across various aspects of the floating system. A standard practice in mooring system design within the industry is that anchors remain fixed on the seabed. In contrast, plate-type anchors exhibit mobility under loading, a crucial factor considering the thousands of...master thesis 2023
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Wang, H. (author), Wang, L. Z. (author), Askarinejad, A. (author), Hong, Y. (author), He, B. (author)Piles have been widely used as foundations to resist lateral loads. For the design of a laterally loaded pile, one of the most important inputs is the ultimate soil resistance (p<sub>ult</sub> = K<sub>ult</sub>Dσv<sup>′,whereK</sup>ult is the ultimate lateral soil resistance coefficient, D is the pile diameter, and σv<sup>′</sup> is the...journal article 2023
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Bierma, Sybren (author)The numerical modelling of a cone penetration test (CPT) has long been a challenging task due to the large deformations associated with the penetration of a CPT. Recent developments in advanced numerical methods have shown promising results in overcoming these difficulties by using the Material Point Method (MPM). In this thesis it is researched...master thesis 2022
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Li, Q. (author), Gavin, Kenneth (author), Askarinejad, A. (author), Prendergast, L. J. (author)The influence of combined loading on the response of monopiles used to support offshore wind turbines (OWTs) is investigated in this paper. In current practice, resistance of monopiles to vertical and lateral loading is considered separately. As OWT size has increased, the slenderness ratio (pile length, L, normalised by diameter, D) has...journal article 2022
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Pearson, S.G. (author), Verney, Romaric (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Tran, Duc (author), Hendriks, H.C.M. (author), Jacquet, Matthias (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)Quantifying and characterizing suspended sediment is essential to successful monitoring and management of estuaries and coastal environments. To quantify suspended sediment, optical and acoustic backscatter instruments are often used. Optical backscatter systems are more sensitive to mud particles (<63 μm) and flocs, whereas acoustic...journal article 2021
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Liu, H. (author)The wind energy industry has gained a key role in the global fight against greenhouse gas emissions. Although fossil fuels have still the largest share in the global energy mix, the production of wind energy, especially offshore, has rapidly grown since the 1990s. According to the International Energy Association, Europe targets offshore wind to...doctoral thesis 2020
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Moesker, Niek (author)Many coastlines feature a sediment transport in a dominant direction, possibly burying a traditional breakwater in sand in several years. The sandbar breakwater concept uses this sediment supply to its benefit to make the use of vast amounts of rocks abundant. During this research the morphological development of the worlds first sandbar...master thesis 2020
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Panagoulias, Stavros (author), Nernheim, Axel (author), Lisi, Diego (author), Lahoz, Miquel (author), Brinkgreve, R.B.J. (author)Single large diameter piles, known as monopiles, are, nowadays, the most common foundation type for offshore wind turbines (OWT). Several research initiatives have been focusing on improving the conventional design practice. The PISA (Pile Soil Analysis) joint industry research project resulted in a proposal for a new design methodology for OWT...conference paper 2020
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Gavin, Kenneth (author), Blok, S.D. (author), Eiksund, G.R. (author)Monopiles are the most commonly used foundations for offshore wind turbines (OWTs). To date these are mostly impact driven into the seabed using high-capacity hammers. The noise and vibrations caused by driving create environmental concerns and the increasing size of these foundations has resulted in alternative installation methods being...conference paper 2020
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Zygounas, Fotis (author)Cyclic behaviour of soil has stimulated researchers for several decades to develop constitutive models that will be able make accurate predictions of soil behaviour and at the same time they will be simple to use. Constitutive models are considered to be more valid compared to empirical models, because they comprise by equations that have actual...master thesis 2018
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Lazari, Maria (author), Sanavia, Lorenzo (author), di Prisco, Claudio (author), Pisano, F. (author)This paper reappraises Perzyna-type viscoplasticity for the constitutive modelling of granular geomaterials, with emphasis on the simulation of rate/time effects of different magnitude. An existing elasto-plastic model for sands is first recast into a Perzyna viscoplastic formulation and then calibrated/validated against laboratory test...journal article 2018
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Beutick, Erik (author)A time-dependent capacity increase has often been observed for driven displacement piles in sand. Long-term bearing capacity increase after dissipation of excess pore water pressure is referred to as set-up. Significant increases in axial capacity have been reported where the rate of set-up varied between 15 and 75% per log cycle of time. <br/>...master thesis 2017
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Kementzetzidis, Evangelos (author)In recent years, offshore wind is becoming an increasingly growing market in Europe. Many resources are allocated towards ensuring its sustainable progress while one of the biggest uncertainties encountered lays in the offshore wind turbine's (OWT) foundations. In Europe, monopiles are the most widely adopted solution to found such structures in...master thesis 2017
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Jongedijk, Cleo (author)A very common observation is the episodic erosion of beaches during storms and the slow recovery (accretion) afterwards (Yates et al. 2009). Morphodynamic models parameterize physical processes in order to relate the fluid motions (hydrodynamics) to the bed level changes (morphodynamics) over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Despite...master thesis 2017
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On creating a numerical model for estimating spillage in a cutter suction dredger while cutting sandLouis, Alden (author)Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) is one of the biggest dredging companies in the USA which provides engineering services in dredging and land reclamation. GLDD came up with an idea to develop a working model that can estimate spillage when using a cutter suction dredger (CSD) for cutting soft material like sand. The main reason for this is...master thesis 2017
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Pisano, F. (author), Corciulo, S. (author), Zanoli, Omar (author)The increasing relevance of offshore wind in the energy mix motivates continual research efforts for the optimisation of foundation systems. Currently, monopiles are still the most common foundations for offshore wind turbines (OWTs), due to their simplicity and the low costs for production/assembly. However, the modern trends towards larger...conference paper 2017
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Kester, E.C.M. (author)A landfall operation is conducted whenever a pipeline reaches the shore, during this operation the pipeline is pulled onto shore with the help of a steel wire rope. Allseas engineering has experienced several cases of landfalls during which the friction forces along the steel wire rope rose to excessively high levels. These cases occurred at...master thesis 2016
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Lukkezen, T.L. (author)The prediction of permanent deformation accretion in granular materials as a result of long-term cyclic loading is a complex challenge that receives great attention in engineering fields, including infrastructural design and design of offshore wind turbines. Many models have been proposed in the past which aim to predict this cyclic deformation...master thesis 2016
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Schakel, A.F. (author)For a travelling exhibition in Saudi-Arabia I have researched ways to build with sand in a temporary way. Using the existing sandbag-technique 'super adobe' of Nader Khalili combined with an inflatable roof a new method is born. This building system allows changes and flexibility when the building travels. It is more sustainable than the current...master thesis 2014