This session considers the broad topic of fixed offshore foundation systems and includes papers addressing the primary elements of global or whole-structural-system analysis and assessment. A range of speakers will represent academia and industry with contributions covering different aspects of bottom-fixed support structures and foundations, their design, analysis and optimisation. Topics addressed will include hydrodynamic loads, soil-structure interaction and geotechnical issues, support structure dynamics and simulation technology, field testing and laboratory experiments as well as pile design.

Learning objectives

• Better understand soil-structure interaction mechanisms and analyse methods
• Appreciate how to analyse and assess structural dynamic behaviour
• Examine fatigue damage models applied to offshore wind foundations
• Recognise performance indicators for the whole-structure
• Identify methods to objectively assess optimum foundation configuration