Anchoring the next generation of offshore floating infrastructure

该项目旨在促进对嵌入锚行为的基本科学理解，并开发工程解决方案，以确保下一代浮动平台、风力涡轮机和水下隧道的安全。这一点意义重大，因为对长期持续和循环加载下的锚杆以及对波链锚杆系统如何工作的了解有限，阻碍了在深水和恶劣条件下的信心部署。该项目将通过将复杂的物理和数值实验的精确观测结合到一个整合系统响应的分析框架中来解决这一挑战。成果将包括供工程师在设计中使用的数值软件、分析工具和设计图。

This project aims to advance the fundamental scientific understanding of embedded anchor behaviour and to develop engineering solutions to secure the next generation of floating platforms, wind turbines and submerged tunnels. This is significant because limited understanding of anchors under long-term sustained and cyclic loading, and in how wave-chain-anchor systems behave, is hindering confident deployment in deep water and harsh conditions. This project will address this challenge by combining precise observations from sophisticated physical and numerical experiments into an analysis framework that integrates system response. Outcomes will include numerical software, analytical tools and design charts for engineers to use in design.