Advancing Geotechnical and Ocean Engineering for Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 1437
Special Issue Editors
Interests: offshore geotechnics and ocean engineering, including the bearing capacity of anchors, mooring line–soil interaction, mooring system dynamics and sand–steel interface interaction; laboratory tests (centrifuge and element tests); numerical simulations (abaqus and comsol)
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Interests: whole-life soil behaviour and geotechnical concepts; offshore anchoring system; novel anchors; centrifuge modelling; cyclic loading; suction bucket design and optimization; soil–pipe interaction; numerical modelling
Interests: underground construction; risk assessment; ground improvement
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Encompassing over 71% of the Earth's surface, oceans stand as a vast realm brimming with resources, challenges, and prospects. The intricate interplay among geotechnical engineering, ocean engineering, and the tenets of sustainability has evolved into a central focus, particularly in the face of escalating environmental concerns and the demands of a growing global population. Emphasizing the importance of the research area could help to improve climate resilience, sustainable resource extraction, biodiversity preservation, economic prosperity and innovation and exploration.
This Special Issue aims to comprehensively address every facet of geotechnical engineering (foundation support structures on land and on the seabed, such as high-rise buildings and bridges and offshore installations such as platforms, pipelines and bottom structures) and ocean engineering (coastal structures, offshore platforms and other ocean systems such as underwater systems and ocean wave energy conversion systems) that will potentially contribute to sustainable design and application. In addition, topics related to environmental and economic issues are welcome, as well as original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Soil and rock mechanics;
- Foundation engineering, e.g., shallow and deep foundations;
- Retaining structures and slope stability;
- Geotechnical earthquake engineering;
- Ground improvement techniques;
- Underground construction and tunnelling;
- Reliability analysis in geotechnical engineering;
- Coastal engineering, e.g., scour, erosion;
- Offshore engineering, e.g., platform;
- Marine renewable energy, e.g., offshore wind;
- Marine sedimentology;
- Subsea engineering, e.g., pipelines, anchors;
- Marine instrumentation and sensors;
- Marine environmental engineering;
- Offshore installation;
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Shengjie Rui
Dr. Zefeng Zhou
Dr. Yutao Pan
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- geotechnical engineering
- ocean engineering
- foundation engineering
- geotechnical earthquake engineering
- coastal engineering
- coastal engineering
- marine renewable energy
- subsea engineering
- marine environment
- marine sustainability.
