Location: Ashvale Restaurant, 42-48 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, AB10 6PY
Speaker: Dr Marius Popa FRINA CEng, Senior Prinicpal Engineer, DNV UK
About the event:
Submarine cable networks—used for both telecommunications and power transmission—have grown substantially in scale and strategic importance in recent years. As a result, offshore cable transport carousels are becoming larger, more numerous, and increasingly critical components aboard cable-laying and repair vessels. These carousels play a central role in marine operations, particularly in the efficient and secure transport and handling of cables.
A primary engineering challenge in carousel design lies in accurately distributing inertia-induced loads across key structural components: the base platform, central core, outer wall (or basket), and any intermediate partitions. This study presents a qualitative assessment of load variation within carousel structures and introduces a simplified analytical approach to support early-stage design and engineering evaluations. While not exhaustive, the proposed method offers a practical foundation for optimizing structural performance and guiding more detailed numerical analyses.
