Type of module:
Compulsory elective module
This course is taught exclusively in English.

Course content:
Introduction to marine soils and their multiphase nature:
- Soil parameter identification for offshore foundation design
- Impact of cyclic loading on soil strength and deformation
- Laboratory tests and site investigation methods for offshore subsoil analysis
- Overview of foundation types: gravity-based, monopiles, pile groups, suction caissons
- Suitability of foundation types for different subsoil and loading conditions
- Installation techniques for different foundation types: pile driving, suction
- Economic and environmental considerations in foundation selection
- Classical geotechnical calculations: p-y curves for lateral load analysis and bearing capacity theory
for vertical loads
- Introduction to advanced numerical modelling
- Set-up and calibration of offshore foundation models
- Validation of simulation results under realistic offshore conditions

Student workload:
Attendance time: 28 hours
Self-study: 152 hours

Number of credits for the module:
6

(Partial) examination
see module handbook

Venue / time (summer semester 2025)
Seminar room 0404b, Mönchebergstraße 7
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Start of lecture / end of lecture (summer semester 2025)
Start: Tuesday, 22.04.2025
End: Tuesday, 22.07.2025

Textbook recommendation:
Design of Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines - 2019 - Bhattacharya
Offshore-geotechnical-engineering-Mark-Randolph-and-Susan-Gourvenec