Developing screw piles for offshore renewable energy application

Michael J. Brown; Craig Davidson; Benjamin Cerfontaine; Matteo Ciantia; Jonathan Knappett; Andrew Brennan

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-6832-9_5

Developing screw piles for offshore renewable energy application

Michael J. Brown (Lead / Corresponding author), Craig Davidson, Benjamin Cerfontaine, Matteo Ciantia, Jonathan Knappett, Andrew Brennan

Civil Engineering

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This paper details the work undertaken at the University of Dundee in the last 5 years to develop understanding of screw piles to allow them to be deployed offshore as an alternative foundation type to driven piles used in jacket structures. This has been prompted by several UK and European funded research initiatives to develop silent foundation techniques to mitigate affects on marine mammals and other animals. Current mitigation systems also have significant associated costs and questionable environmental credentials. Prior to starting this work, it was recognized that development would not progress unless the ability to predict installation requirements did not form an early part of the research investigation. This then led to investigation of methods to reduce installation requirements and development of new design approaches for the required new screw pile geometries. This paper details the progress of these investigations which are still ongoing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Offshore Geotechnics
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of ISOG2019
Editors	Sumanta Haldar, Shantanu Patra, Ravindra K. Ghanekar
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Pages	101-119
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811568329
ISBN (Print)	9789811568312
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6832-9_5
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	First International Workshop on Future Applications of Screw Piles - IIT Bhubaneshwar, Bhubaneshwar, India Duration: 5 Dec 2019 → 7 Dec 2019 https://sites.google.com/iitbbs.ac.in/isog2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume	92
ISSN (Print)	2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2565

Conference

Conference	First International Workshop on Future Applications of Screw Piles
Country/Territory	India
City	Bhubaneshwar
Period	5/12/19 → 7/12/19
Internet address	https://sites.google.com/iitbbs.ac.in/isog2019

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Civil and Structural Engineering

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Brown, M. J., Davidson, C., Cerfontaine, B., Ciantia, M., Knappett, J., & Brennan, A. (2020). Developing screw piles for offshore renewable energy application. In S. Haldar, S. Patra, & R. K. Ghanekar (Eds.), Advances in Offshore Geotechnics: Proceedings of ISOG2019 (pp. 101-119). (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 92). Springer . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6832-9_5

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Brown, MJ , Davidson, C, Cerfontaine, B, Ciantia, M , Knappett, J & Brennan, A 2020, Developing screw piles for offshore renewable energy application. in S Haldar, S Patra & RK Ghanekar (eds), Advances in Offshore Geotechnics: Proceedings of ISOG2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 92, Springer , Singapore, pp. 101-119, First International Workshop on Future Applications of Screw Piles, Bhubaneshwar, India, 5/12/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6832-9_5

Developing screw piles for offshore renewable energy application. / Brown, Michael J. (Lead / Corresponding author); Davidson, Craig; Cerfontaine, Benjamin et al.
Advances in Offshore Geotechnics: Proceedings of ISOG2019. ed. / Sumanta Haldar; Shantanu Patra; Ravindra K. Ghanekar. Singapore: Springer , 2020. p. 101-119 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 92).

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