Large-Scale Experiments to Improve Monopile Scour Protection Design Adapted to Climate ChangeThe PROTEUS Project

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019-05-01

Authors

Carlos Emilio Arboleda Chavez (Author) Other; Vasiliki Stratigaki (Author) Other; Minghao Wu (Author) Other; Peter Troch (Author) Other; Alexander Schendel (Author) Other; Tiago Fazeres Ferradosa (Author) FEUP; Francisco Taveira Pinto (Author) FEUP; Paulo Rosa Santos (Author) FEUP; Leen Baelus (Author) Other; Richard Whitehouse (Author) Other; David Todd (Author) Other; Mario Welzel (Author) Other; Raúl Villanueva (Author) Other; Torsten Schlurmann (Author) Other; Leen De Vos (Author) Other; Dogan Kisacik (Author) Other; Annelies Bolle (Author) Other; Viktoria Szengel (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Energies

Vol. 12

Pages: 1-1709

ISSN: 1996-1073

Publisher: MDPI

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CORDIS: Technological sciences

FOS: Engineering and technology

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Authenticus ID: P-00Q-M70

DOI: 10.3390/en12091709

Abstract (EN): This study aims to improve the design of scour protection around offshore wind turbine monopiles, as well as future-proofing them against the impacts of climate change. A series of large-scale experiments have been performed in the context of the European HYDRALAB-PLUS PROTEUS (Protection of offshore wind turbine monopiles against scouring) project in the Fast Flow Facility in HR Wallingford. These experiments make use of state of the art optical and acoustic measurement techniques to assess the damage of scour protections under the combined action of waves and currents. These novel PROTEUS tests focus on the study of the grading of the scour protection material as a stabilizing parameter, which has never been done under the combined action of waves and currents at a large scale. Scale effects are reduced and, thus, design risks are minimized. Moreover, the generated data will support the development of future scour protection designs and the validation of numerical models used by researchers worldwide. The testing program objectives are: (i) to compare the performance of single-layer wide-graded material used against scouring with current design practices; (ii) to verify the stability of the scour protection designs under extreme flow conditions; (iii) to provide a benchmark dataset for scour protection stability at large scale; and (iv) to investigate the scale effects on scour protection stability.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 25