“…Active scour protection involves the addition of structures at the bottom of the OWF, such as collars and anchor branches (Pandey et al, 2020;Yu et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2021). These methods can change the flow pattern at the bottom of the OWF and strengthen the ability to protect the seabed, thereby further reducing sediment transport at the junction (Yang et al, 2020;Yang F. et al, 2021;Deng et al, 2022). Active scour protection structures, such as skirted mudmat foundations, multi-bucket jacket foundations, composite bucket foundations, and skirted caisson foundations, have also been designed to solve scour damage under various complex conditions (Yu et al, 2019;Yao et al, 2020;Lian et al, 2022;Wei et al, 2022).…”