Engineering screw piles to secure offshore wind energy turbines

该项目旨在解决使用螺旋桩作为深水海上风力涡轮机基础的科学挑战。目前用于海上基础设施开发的基础已经达到极限，传统的螺旋桩是为土地使用而设计的。该项目将采用创新的岩土方法，开发经验证的设计、准则和数字工具，以预测将螺旋桩安装到海床中所需的力及其抵抗与这些结构相关的极端风力和波浪力的能力。由于基础成本高达建筑成本的35%，螺旋桩将在降低成本和从海洋中释放大量可再生能源方面提供显着的经济和环境效益。

This project aims to tackle the scientific challenges of using screw piles as foundations for deep water offshore wind turbines. Current foundations for offshore infrastructure developments have reached their limits, and conventional screw piles are designed for land use. This project will use innovative geotechnical methods to develop verified designs, guidelines and numerical tools for predicting the forces required to install screw piles into the seabed and their capacity to resist extreme wind and wave forces relevant to these structures. As foundations cost up to 35% of construction, screw piles will provide significant economic and environmental benefits in reducing costs and unlocking substantial renewable energy from our oceans.