Raffaele Ragni

Contractor / Visitor, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Oceans Graduate School
Adjunct Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Centre for Offshore Foundation System

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0337-0758

Emailraffaele.ragni@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M470), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
The University of Western Australia (M053), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia

35 Citations
3 h-Index

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Personal profile

Biography

Raffaele joined the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems in 2013 as a PhD student, under the supervision of Dr. Britta Bienen. The final thesis Predicting the foundation performance of offshore jack-up drilling rigs in intermediate soils was submitted in October 2016.

Prior to his Australian experience, Raffaele achieved a bachelor's and master's degree in civil (structural) engineering from the University of Perugia, Italy, between 2006 and 2012. The master's thesis Implementation of a hypoplastic macroelement for shallow foundations was supervised by Prof. Claudio Tamagnini and Dr. Diana Salciarini.

Research

Raffaele's research at the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems aims at offering answers to the many challenges the energy industry faces when it comes to provide solid foundations for offshore structures.

Raffaele is currently involved in the study of suction caisson foundations, a hot topic in light of the growing interest in renewable energy and offshore wind farms. The response of spudcan foundations for jack-up platform is another topic Raffaele has been following closely during and after his PhD.

Education/Academic qualification

Civil Structural Engineering, Master's degree, University of Perugia

Civil Engineering, Bachelor's degree, University of Perugia

Keywords

Oceans
Energy
Environmental
Foundations for offshore wind energy installations
Centrifuge modelling
Numerical modelling
Suction caisson installation and performance
Spudcan penetration

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Research Output 2014 2018

35 Citations
3 h-Index
4 Conference paper
4 Article
2 Conference presentation/ephemera
1 Doctoral Thesis

Modelling of spudcan foundation penetrations using an improved hypoplastic model for soft clays

Jerman, J., Mašín, D., Ragni, R. & Bienen, B., 2018, Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Advances in Soil Dynamics and Foundation Engineering. Qiu, T., Tiwari, B. & Zhang, Z. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 749-756

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

soft clay

penetration

modeling

triaxial test

centrifuge

Penetrometer equipment and testing techniques for offshore design of foundations, anchors and pipelines

Randolph, M., Stanier, S., O'Loughlin, C., Chow, S. H., Bienen, B., Doherty, J., Mohr, H., Ragni, R., Schneider, M. A., White, D. J. & Schneider, J., 2018, Cone Penetration Testing 2018: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT'18), Delft, The Netherlands, 21-22 June 2018. Hicks, M. A., Pisano, F. & Puechen, J. (eds.). The Netherlands: CRC Press, p. 3-23

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

Open Access

Anchors

Pipelines

Testing

Core samples

Costs

Visualisation of mechanisms governing suction bucket installation in dense sand

Ragni, R., Bienen, B., Stanier, S. A., Cassidy, M. J. & O’Loughlin, C. D., 2018, Physical Modelling in Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ICPMG 2018), July 17-20, 2018, London, United Kingdom. McNamara, A., Divall, S., Goodey, R., Taylor, N., Stallebrass, S. & Panchal, J. (eds.). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, Vol. 1. p. 651-656 6 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

suction

visualization

Sand

Visualization

sand