Wave Impacts on Rock Lighthouses

Raby, Alison; Banfi, Davide; Simmonds, David

doi:10.1061/9780784480304.041

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“…As part of the same project [9], limited monitoring was carried out at Fastnet Lighthouse [30] off the southwest coast of Ireland. Due to its reduced exposure to large waves compared to Wolf Rock Lighthouse and standing relatively high on Fastnet Rock, the observed levels of response were at least an order of magnitude compared to Wolf Rock Lighthouse.…”

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“…Apart from a study on Skerryvore Lighthouse by the Scottish engineer Stevenson [8], the severe environmental loads these lighthouses endure have only recently been quantified, as part of a study [9] funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which stemmed from a pilot study on Eddystone Lighthouse [4]. The research project commenced in 2016 and combined physical and numerical simulations of lighthouse loading and performance, supported by direct measurements of full-scale performance.…”

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Wolf Rock Lighthouse Long-Term Monitoring

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Raby,

Bassitt

et al. 2024

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Wolf Rock Lighthouse is a Victorian era masonry structure located in an extreme environment facing the fiercest Atlantic storms off the southwest coast of England whose dynamic behaviour has been studied since 2016. Initially, a modal test was used to determine modal parameters; then, in 2017, a monitoring system was installed that has operated intermittently providing response data for a number of characteristic loading events. These events have included wave loads due to storms, a small UK earthquake, helicopters landing on the helideck, and the grounding of a ship on the reef. This is believed to be the most extensive experimental campaign on any structure of this type. This paper briefly describes a unique project involving the characterisation and measurement of dynamic behaviour due to different forms of dynamic loading.

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Section: Vibration Monitoring Of Other European Lighthousesmentioning

confidence: 99%