Project Description
Offshore and coastal infrastructure are susceptible to local scour, where sediment is removed from the area adjacent to the structures due to waves and currents. This phenomenon can endanger the stability of seabed structures, such as offshore energy infrastructure or artificial reefs at beaches. Scour remediation and protection is costly and improved design of scour protection could increase infrastructure safety and reduce costs to industry and society.
A series of model experiments were conducted in the laboratory at UWA to develop a new method to predict the enhancement of water flow around different types of subsea structures and the potential for scour. This method was published in the 2021 International Conference on Scour and Erosion and can be used to reduce the amount of scour protection required for subsea structures.
