Offshore Geotechnical Engineering

Module code: CE7S06 · Semester: Semester 2

Resources

• Module descriptor (TCD)

Questions by Year

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• 2025/26
• 2024/25
• 2023/24
• 2022/23
• 2021/22
• 2018/19
• 2016/17
• 2015/16
• 2014/15
• 2013/14
• 2012/13

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Topics

• Offshore foundation engineering basics and soil-structure interaction LO1
• Jacket structures and jacket pile design methods LO2
• Monopile design: process, standards and recent advances LO3
• Offshore site investigation: lab and in-situ testing LO4
• Dynamics and environmental loading LO5

Learning outcomes

1. Discuss the geotechnical design requirements of offshore structures
2. Size offshore jacket piles
3. Size offshore monopiles
4. Design a site investigation for an offshore structure or wind farm
5. Calculate environmental loads on offshore structures

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.