Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics

Dr Susan Gourvenec is a Lecturer at the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS) at the University of Western Australia. Dr Gourvenec joined COFS in 2001, where she works in the area of offshore shallow foundations with particular emphasis on the effect of combined loading. Her current research interests include the bearing and tensile capacity of skirted foundations under general loading and the pull-out capacity of suction caissons under inclined loads using numerical methods and geotechnical centrifuge modelling.Dr Mark Cassidy is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS) at the University of Western Australia. His current research interests include the development of numerical models for shallow foundation behaviour, risk assessment and the optimisation of offshore foundation systems, fluid-structure-soil interaction and geotechnical centrifuge modelling.

• Keynote PapersSessionsDeepwater Developments: drag and plate anchorsDeepwater Developments: suction caissonsDevelopments in the Australian FrontiersFoundation solutions for offshore wind turbinesShallow foundations: vertical bearing capacityShallow foundations: combined loadingShallow foundations: mobile jack-up unitsBreakwater caissons and liquificationPipelinesCapacity of piles in sandPilesAssessing geohazardsSite investigation techniquesSoil characterization