Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of wind turbines in Africa
The WindAfrica project is a £1.27M GCRF project to accelerate the development of wind energy in Africa by providing reliable and economical foundation solutions. WindAfrica is led by Durham University and Dr Osman is the Principal Investigator.
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First Driling on site… A geotechnical drilling investigation was conducted on the proposed WindAfrica field testing site in South Africa in early January. The site is located in the north east of the country, in an area known to give problems to structures due to the expansive clays. The aim of the investigation was to […]
On Monday 16th July a project meeting between all PI, CoI’s, Advisors, Postdocs and other project stakeholders took place at the University of Cambridge. Each of the work packages presented an update on their current progress and useful discussions of how best to progress took place.
First update on centrifuge testing To carry out the first centrifuge tests a number of slabs were created by compressing material at optimum moisture content. The photos below show this procedure:
