Hydrodynamic Response to the Effect of Current Loads on Floating Offshore Platform

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is driven by the increasing interest in the dynamics of floating offshore platforms under current loads as floating offshore platforms are located in unprotected environmental conditions and depths in offshore regions. Therefore, the dynamic responses of floating offshore platforms under current loads in terms of structural motions and displacements of different modes are necessary to access their efficiency, survivability, stability from structural damage.

This Special Issue will focus especially on models based on the novel, latest, and allied developments under current loads with floating offshore platforms. Submissions must include theoretical modeling, numerical modeling, and prototype testing as applications in offshore platforms.

Contributions introducing the wave–current interactions on the dynamics of the floating rigid/flexible platforms based on theoretical, numerical, and experimental models are specially encouraged and welcomed. All types of manuscripts (i.e., research articles, reviews, and short communications) are welcomed.

Dr. Sarat Chandra Mohapatra
Prof. Dr. Kostas Belibassakis
Guest Editors

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