13. Solid as a rock

Extreme conditions… in an extremely short timeframe

The Tubular Pile Pull-out Testing (TPPT) project impressively manages to mimic the conditions at sea for open tubular piles used for the mooring of floating wind turbines. Jan Kenkhuis explains: “Can we use open tubular piles for anchoring large floating wind turbines to keep the floating wind turbines on location in a harsh environment? That’s what we are testing here. We are actually simulating at this moment a storm condition. A serious storm, because that’s what we design for. Calm weather days are not really a concern.”

https://grow-to-go.nl/202308-tppt