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RV Celtic Voyager CV15024
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Celtic Voyager (45CV) |
Cruise identifier | CV15024 |
Cruise period | 2015-11-23 — 2015-12-05 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Dun Laoghaire, Ireland |
Port of return | Dun Laoghaire, Ireland |
Purpose | Trials |
Objectives | The Wing-Anchor project is a collaborative trans-Atlantic academic research project, involving partners in Ireland, the United States and the UK. The focus of the project is to develop a novel anchoring system that optimises the use of potential anchor energy to mobilise maximum pull-out capacity with the use of the minimum marine spread, thereby ensuring the most efficient anchor geometry.
The proposed anchor trials are to be conducted in a relatively sheltered area in the Firth of Clyde where past surveys have been performed in an identified area of soft ground. The already well-characterized seabed sediment (Cone Penetration tests and lab tesing has been performed) in the proposed testing site is largely composed of soft mud (approximately 80% silt and clay) that will provide an excellent comparison to the physical model tests undertaken at our partner institutions. |
Chief scientist | Kenneth Gavin (University College Dublin, School of Civil Engineering) |
NPRC | (0.39 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | Firth of Clyde |