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Anna Holcombe is a PhD student in the COAST engineering research group at the University of Plymouth. She holds a mechanical engineering BEng degree from Exeter University, and an MSc in renewable energy engineering from Exeter University. She has previously worked as a project manager in the onshore renewable energy sector.
The focus of her research is on dynamic subsea power cables for floating offshore renewable energy. The project is focused on assessing the motions and loads of the cables using both numerical modelling and scaled physical testing.
Director of Studies: Dr Martyn Hann
Supervisors: Dr Shanshan Cheng, Dr Scott Brown, Dr Robert Rawlinson-Smith
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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Experimental-numerical model comparison of a dynamic power cable for a floating offshore wind turbine
Holcombe, A., Hann, M., Brown, S., Cheng, S., Rawlinson-Smith, R., Nicholls-Lee, R., Tosdevin, T., Edwards, E. & Monk, K., 30 Mar 2025, In: Ocean Engineering. 321, 120384.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling the hydrodynamic response of a floating offshore wind turbine – a comparative study
Yu, S., Ransley, E., Qian, L., Zhou, Y., Brown, S., Greaves, D., Hann, M., Holcombe, A., Edwards, E., Tosdevin, T., Jagdale, S., Li, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhang, N., Yan, S., Ma, Q., Tagliafierro, B., Capasso, S., Martínez-Estévez, I. & Göteman, M. & 56 others, , Feb 2025, In: Applied Ocean Research. 155, 104441.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scaled Physical Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Using a Neural Network-Based Surrogate Model for Aerodynamic Emulation
Edwards, E., Barbour, E., Tosdevin, T., Ransley, E., Monk, K., Reynolds, A., Holcombe, A., Brown, S., Greaves, D. & Hann, M., Oct 2025, In: Wind Energy. 28, 10, e70052.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sensitivity of small-scale global models of dynamic power cables to model material properties
Holcombe, A., Hann, M., Brown, S., Cheng, S., Rawlinson-Smith, R. & Nicholls-Lee, R., 11 Nov 2024, Innovations in Renewable Energies Offshore - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, RENEW 2024. Soares, C. G. & Wang, S. (eds.). 1st ed. CRC Press/Balkema, p. 583-589 7 p. (Innovations in Renewable Energies Offshore - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, RENEW 2024).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings published in a book › peer-review
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Trends in floating offshore wind platforms: A review of early-stage devices
Edwards, E. C., Holcombe, A., Brown, S., Ransley, E., Hann, M. & Greaves, D., 13 Jan 2024, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 193, 114271.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Supplementary information on early-stage floating offshore wind platform designs
Edwards, E. (Creator), Holcombe, A. (Creator), Brown, S. (Creator), Ransley, E. (Creator), Hann, M. (Creator) & Greaves, D. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 15 Dec 2023
DOI: 10.24382/scvw-0t77, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/35/
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