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Invitation To Tender: Academic Work Group for Carbon Trust OWA PISA Project

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DONG Energy Wind Power, acting as Lead Project Partner for Carbon Trust'sOffshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) PISA Project, is hereby calling for tenders for an academic work group to support the Pile-Soil Analysis (PISA) Project.
The objective of the contract is to provide academic ideas, input, supervision, analysis and research in support of a joint-industry research project analysing the design methods used for laterally loaded piles, specifically for the application of Offshore Wind turbine foundations. This will include Expert Academic Supervision to a number of post-doctoral researchers and PhD students.
The design procedure should include evaluation of the ultimate lateral capacity of piles, effects of cyclic loading, and evaluation of stiffness and damping during operational conditions. The research project should result in a close form solution for accurately designing piles for offshore wind farms that can readily be implemented into current industry design standards.
The scope of work for the Academic Work Group is as follows:
  • Cooperate with the project partners to develop hypotheses and methodologies for the design of laterally loaded piles for offshore wind turbines.
  • Develop methods for proving above hypotheses which is expected to be based on large scale testing in both a sand and a clay site.
  • Specify pile tests to be undertaken and supervise collection and analysis of the test data.
  • Prove and document the derived hypotheses based on the test results.
  • Provide support to enable students to continue to develop the data/methodologies in own time following formal conclusion of the project.
For further information please refer to the following documents:

Please refer to the following document if you have any specific question regarding the tender:
Closing Date: 15 April 2013

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