Register Now! SUT Learning Luncheon: "Anchors for Offshore Floating Structures"

Register Now! SUT Learning Luncheon: "Anchors for Offshore Floating Structures"

Starts: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 11:30 AM
Ends: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 1:00 PM
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Biographical Sketch: Charles Aubeny
Dr. Charles Aubeny is an associate professor of civil engineering at Texas A&M University, specializing in geotechnical engineering and numerical methods in geomechanics. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas, California, and Colorado. Dr. Aubeny specializes in offshore geotechnics and has extensive experience with foundations for fixed and floating structures, and with geotechnical characterization of the seabed. He has sponsored research for design and installation of a wide range of foundation systems used in industry, including suction piles, vertically loaded anchors, suction embedded plate anchors, and dynamically installed piles.

Abstract: Anchors for Offshore Floating Structures
As the offshore oil and gas industry has ventured into deep and ultra-deep water, traditional structures founded on the seafloor have been replaced by compliant structural systems comprised of large floating systems attached to the seafloor by vertical tethers or mooring lines. For permanent production facilities the mooring lines are typically secured to the seabed by driven piles or suction caissons. For oil-gas exploration units, a somewhat wider array of anchor systems are in use which, in addition to caissons, include drag embedment, vertically loaded, suction embedded plate, and gravity installed anchors. This presentation will give an overview of the various anchor alternatives, focusing on their relative advantages and disadvantages and needed future research. Finally, the potential application of these anchor systems to floating offshore wind power systems will be discussed.

100 Seats Event Capacity

$30.00 Members Tickets

$35.00 Non-Members Tickets