Cyclic response of horizontal circular plate anchors in sand

PhD student

Rene Kurniadi

Supervisors

A/Prof Shiaohuey Chow	Prof Mark Cassidy	Dr Anamitra Roy

Project Start Date: January 2021

Project Details

The emergence of offshore floating renewable energy devices requires economic anchor solutions for sand. Plate anchors could represent such a solution due to their high efficiency in resisting tensile uplift loading. The monotonic capacity of plate anchors is relatively well investigated in sand. However their performance under realistic and long term offshore environmental or cyclic loading is not well understood. This project aims to investigate the performance of horizontal plate anchors under cyclic loading in sand. The project will involve numerical modelling using advanced constitutive model and model anchor tests using state-of-the-art centrifuge modelling. The outcomes of the project will be integrated into an accessible design tool to enable better predictability of the anchor cyclic capacity in practice.