Deep Offshore and New Foundation Concepts

Ground improvement versus hybrid foundation and deep foundation – Comparison of foundation concepts for three case histories of European significance

The focus of the keynote paper is on the comparison of different foundation concepts for three case histories of European significance. The stadium in the Austrian city of Klagenfurt was designed and built for the EURO 2008 (Austria and Switzerland) in slightly consolidated soft lacustrine clays. The shallow foundation rests on floating stone columns installed with the vibro replacement techniq...

Offshore/Onshore foundation programs: student perspective

This presentation reports on a study of the educational quality and cultural sensitivity of foundation programs operated by Australian universities. The initial phase of the project, that involved a literature review and interviews with coordinators, identified two key issues: the quality of education and cultural sensitivity. Quality of education included academic standards of offshore courses...

Foundation damping and the dynamics of offshore wind turbine monopiles

The contribution of foundation damping to offshore wind turbines (OWTs) is not well known, though researchers have back-calculated foundation damping from “rotor-stop” tests after estimating aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, and structural damping with numerical models. Because design guidelines do not currently recommend methods for determining foundation damping, it is typically neglected. This pape...

Autonomous Units: Basic Concepts and Semantic Foundation

Study on Load-Bearing Characteristics of a New Pile Group Foundation for an Offshore Wind Turbine

Because offshore wind turbines are high-rise structures, they transfer large horizontal loads and moments to their foundations. One of the keys to designing a foundation is determining the sensitivities and laws affecting its load-bearing capacity. In this study, this procedure was carried out for a new high-rise cap pile group foundation adapted to the loading characteristics of offshore wind ...