SUT Visit to the National Decommissioning Centre – The National Decommissioning Centre

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Presentations were given to members of the Society of Underwater Technology during their visit to the NDC in evening of 9th March 2022, which they found informative. The SUT also enjoyed a tour of our NDC simulator and BU testing facilities.

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Published	Sunday April 17th, 2022

NEW PAPER: Stochastic finite element-based reliability of corroded pipelines with interacting corrosion clusters

A new publication from Abraham Mensah and Srinivas Sriramula providing a comprehensive understanding of the performance of corroded pipelines with interacting corrosion cluster defects is now available to read online.

Published: 8th May 2024

NEW REVIEW PAPER: A perspective on the ecology of offshore oil and gas platforms

A new review paper from the NDC's Dr Alethea Madgett and colleagues has been cited in the IOGP habitat retention report, a practical guide intended to assist decommissioning decision makers on the design and implementation of a program to retain the valuable habitat afforded by infrastructure through reefing options.

Published: 6th May 2024

Dynamic response of a shallow-draft floating wind turbine concept: Experiments and modelling

A new paper analyses how a novel lightweight Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) being developed by T-Omega Wind responds in various wave conditions, using both the advanced marine simulator at the NDC, and the longest towing tank in Scotland at the Kelvin Hydrodynamic Laboratory (KHL).

Published: 29th April 2024