Mobile foundations: shifting paradigms in deep sea engineering

该项目将通过创新移动的基础，使深水油气设施的基础设计方法发生范式转变-这意味着基础的设计可容许移动，以适应位移，而不是保持静止和承受载荷。实验、数值和理论建模将对移动的地基-海床相互作用解锁解决方案产生新的理解，以评估设施生命周期内地基移动性的耐受性。移动的基础将为支持海底基础设施提供更经济、更可靠的基础，使目前“搁浅”的澳大利亚深水储备的开发更安全、更可行。

The project will generate a paradigm shift in the approach to foundation design for deepwater hydrocarbon facilities through the innovation of mobile foundations – meaning foundations that are designed to move tolerably to accommodate displacements rather than remain stationary and resist loads. Experimental, numerical and theoretical modelling will create a new understanding of mobile foundation-seabed interaction unlocking solutions to assess the tolerability of foundation mobility though a facility life cycle. Mobile foundations will offer a more economic and reliable basis to support subsea infrastructure, making safer and more viable the development of Australia’s deepwater reserves that are currently ‘stranded’.