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<div>Thought this seminar might be of interest.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>A new seminar from the Geotechnical &
Geo-Environmental Seminar Series<br>
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<font size="+3">"Novel Foundations for Offshore Wind
Turbines"<br>
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</font>Prof. Guy T. Houlsby, Prof. of Civil Engineering, Oxford
University<br>
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<font size="+1"><b>Friday October 21, 2005 4-5pm<br>
</b></font>MIT room 3-270 <br>
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The pressures for the development of renewable energy resources come
from (a) climate change and (b) security of energy supply. In
the UK the most promising option for renewable energy is the large
scale exploitation of offshore wind.<br>
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The talk will explore the motivation for the research and then move on
to the challenges that face geotechnical engineers in the exploitation
of offshore wind energy. Novel "suction caisson"
foundations are one possible solution to meet the need for large
numbers of foundations at low installation cost. The results of a
recent industry/research council funded project will be outlined.<br>
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Bio:<br>
Guy Houlsby has been Professor of Civil Engineering at Oxford
University since 1991. He graduated in Engineering from Cambridge in
1975. His main work is in geotechnical engineering, where he has
considerable research experience on in situ testing, offshore
foundations and tunnelling. He has a particular interest in use
of numerical and analytical methods in geotechnical engineering and
has published over 150 papers in journals and conference proceedings.
He has acted as a specialist consultant in civil and geotechnical
engineering on many projects, particularly in the offshore sector. He
is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.<br>
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Refreshments will be served.<br>
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Flyer for the seminar is available from sfay@mit.edu<br>
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