Over the course of this Masterclass, participants will gain an appreciation of geotechnical engineering applied to offshore renewable energy problems. The course will start with the background to soil mechanics, with a simplified overview of the strength and stiffness of seabed sediments, and how that is captured in mathematical and computational models.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the range of structural and foundation designs for different offshore renewable energy applications, and their relative suitability in different contexts. Participants will benefit from hands-on demonstrations as well as observation of a live scalemodel experiment on a geotechnical centrifuge.
The Masterclass provides practical experience in a Geotechnical Laboratory and a Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility, where failure mechanisms and soil-structure interactions are studied using real soil samples at a small scale. The course will accommodate both geotechnical specialists and attendees with other disciplinary expertise, who wish to develop a working understanding of offshore geotechnical engineering.
Drawing on expertise from 10 UK universities, the Supergen ORE Hub is in a unique position to offer the opportunity to learn directly from the UK's foremost specialists in offshore renewable energy at world-leading facilities. To book your place on this Masterclass we encourage you to register early as places are limited. This Masterclass is scheduled to run a second time in 2027.
Past Events
- Masterclass on Sensing for Offshore Renewable Energy Structures, Kingston upon Hull, UK, 1 March 2026 08:00-08:00 BST
- Masterclass on Offshore Structural Integrity, Glasgow, UK, 2-3 April 2025
- Masterclass on Economic and Policy Analysis for Offshore Renewables (ORE), Edinburgh, UK, 25-26 February 2025