Risk Assessment and Safety of Ships and Offshore Structures

A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".

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Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Interests: quantitative risk assessment; nonlinear structural crashworthiness; statistical analysis; safety of ships and offshore structures; damage stability; regulations

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Maritime Safety Research Centre (MSRC), Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LZ, UK
Interests: naval architecture; ocean and marine engineering
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Dear Colleagues,

We are writing to invite you to submit papers on the safety of marine structures with an emphasis on quantitative methods. The increasing development of commercial and energy-related activities in the ocean space demands the establishment of robust risk and safety assessments in order to manage the expected impacts.

This Special Issue provides a platform for researchers and practitioners to share their latest findings, developments, and experiences in the field of risk and safety assessment. This Special Issue primarily focuses on quantitative methods, including analytical and computational approaches, but also welcomes related submissions.

Original research articles, review papers, case studies, and technical notes are sought for contributions. This Special Issue offers a unique opportunity for professionals involved in the design, construction, and operation of ships and offshore structures to exchange ideas, share research, and foster collaboration and partnerships.

  • The scope of this Special Issue includes (but is not limited to) the following topics:
  • Quantitative and qualitative risk assessment studies;
  • Design and operational risk assessment;
  • Risk-based decision making;
  • Regulatory framework;
  • Environmental risk assessment;
  • Case studies on the safety of marine structures;
  • Safety and reliability;
  • Structural and fluid–structure interaction simulations;
  • Material degradation;
  • Ultimate and accidental limit state design;
  • Stochastic analysis of structure;
  • Fatigue analysis of marine structures;
  • Reliability-based maintenance and optimisation.

We look forward to receiving high-quality submissions from researchers and industry practitioners, and making this Special Issue a success.

Dr. M. P. Mujeeb-Ahmed
Prof. Dr. Evangelos Boulougouris
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • risk assessment
  • safety and reliability
  • structural and fluid-structure interaction simulations
  • design and operational risk assessment
  • ultimate and accidental limit state design
  • stochastic analysis
  • fatigue analysis
  • material degradation
  • reliability and risk-based maintenance

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Semi-Analytical Solution of Transverse Vibration of Cylinders with Non-Circular Cross-Section Partially Submerged in Water
by Huixuan Han, Yishuo Guo and Ruili Huo
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(4), 872; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11040872 - 20 Apr 2023
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Abstract
The free transverse vibration of a surface-piercing, vertical cylinder partially submerged in water was studied. The cylinder had an arbitrary non-circular, but symmetric, cross-section in the vibration direction. The water was assumed to be an incompressible and inviscid fluid. The effect of the [...] Read more.
The free transverse vibration of a surface-piercing, vertical cylinder partially submerged in water was studied. The cylinder had an arbitrary non-circular, but symmetric, cross-section in the vibration direction. The water was assumed to be an incompressible and inviscid fluid. The effect of the surface waves of water was neglected in the analysis. The exact solution of velocity potential of water was derived by the method of separation of variables. The unknown coefficients in the solution of the velocity potential were expressed in the form of integral equations, including the dynamic deformation of the beam. Then, the governing differential equation of bending vibration of the cylinder under the hydrodynamic pressure was obtained. The Galerkin method was used to obtain the eigenvalue equation by expanding the wet modes of the cylinder into a series of dry modes. The elliptical cylinders partially submerged in water were taken as the numerical example. The accuracy of the proposed method was evaluated by the convergence studies. As a consequent result, the non-dimensional added virtual mass incremental (NAVMI) factor solutions were compared to the present Galerkin solutions, which can be used as a benchmark test for more sophisticated numerical simulations of computational fluid dynamics. Full article
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