The Handbook of Scour and Cable Protection Methods
|The Handbook of Scour and Cable Protection Methods is the result of a multi-year research program performed as a Joint Industry Project with the contribution of over 20 industrial partners. The goal of this project was to develop a clear, generic, and science-based comparison between different scour protection methods. In this project existing methods (based on loose rock) are optimized, and new innovative and eco-friendly scour mitigation methods are investigated (proof-of-concept) and made ready for offshore field tests.
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This project was initiated from the observation that no good and generically applicable design formulae and guidelines exist to protect offshore structures against scour. Instead, there are various existing methods and concepts that lack a sound basis for design. Different parties apply different solutions against scour around the support structure with varying degrees of success.
To help decision makers select the most suitable and cost-effective scour protection method for each considered situation the Joint Industry Project Handbook Scour and Cable Protection Methods (JIP HaSPro) was initiated by Deltares. The consortium also consists of a certifying body (DNV), utilities (Ørsted, RWE, Vattenfall, Scottish Power, EnBW, Shell, Equinor, Ocean Winds), suppliers (SPT Offshore, Mibau Stema, Airgroup Industries, NoRock, SSCS), engineering firms (COWI, Kajima) and installation contractors (DEME Group, Boskalis, Van Oord, Jan de Nul, Tideway).
The resulting findings are presented in the Handbook of Scour and Cable Protections, which is publicly available. All underlying technical reports and experimental data are also publicly available to stimulate further development and collaboration on scour protection design within both academia and industry. Developers are actively encouraged to share field data of scour protection performance during the operational phase of wind farms to further validate and improve the present state-of-the-art of scour protection design for offshore support structures.
