We performed this study in two parts. The rst was an OrcaFlex analysis of two cable bell-mouth spans and a mid-route span on the seabed. Worst-case scour proles and span lengths were modelled, as well as a more representative, ‘average’, cable span arrangement. The results gave maximum tensions, MBRs and curvatures, and fed into the second part of the study, which was to rank each cable with a risk of spanning, exposure, and third party interaction. The high risk cables within the windfarm were then identied. The benets We presented our client with indicative physical cable properties from modelled spans, as well as a table of risk-ranked cables. This combination allowed them to not only plan and prioritise their future Case Study: Wind farm array cable risk- based assessment and analy

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